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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.% K: M+ E5 w x: g* g
5 W" ~1 z0 t; ^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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1 ~) f# K o0 S/ ^' p0 A( R# f N7 SMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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The 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.% E2 p( R. Y3 [& Y! g3 j
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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.& h1 _8 z/ P4 q8 f; _) n ^ N
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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