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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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0 Q# j4 d/ ^( n( BThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.
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0 l7 }7 g) j. T$ c: {: \The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.& s8 K( ~" [+ a. ]" x/ \4 v! X
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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; w C* h6 Z6 `$ Y L, @7 r, zThe country's GDP unexpectedly contracted by 0.3 per cent annualized in the first quarter. Housing is cooling, last month's job-creation figures were the lowest this year and a couple of recent surveys show consumer confidence in Canada has fallen to a six-year low.2 v( q j) q- u5 Q7 j/ e1 g3 J
% P" I4 g/ H' I+ R" s1 F1 uOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.
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: m5 F+ W* ^% ~9 ?http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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