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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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The 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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) X5 E) g5 q1 U5 `- MThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.5 h o( d. m- I! H) \. r9 J
& h# p8 D: B1 i& kMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.9 h, k# [1 f( X s, J6 }2 D1 l6 ~8 W
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions. `2 V4 W. {& [' [7 e7 [/ Z# q
( j2 n, }* b" }9 z$ q l! GThe 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. e- d6 S* s( g6 A
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On the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.$ @: s5 }7 c, D2 w3 X" k6 h$ t- S5 s
- a; O9 V% e# g5 z/ X' zhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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