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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates, l0 j7 z- A6 p
! ?9 m! U" w8 k+ r4 tThe 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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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.
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( y* P3 Y( {: \# V; VThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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0 A- z6 m# f% f9 }" aThe 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.
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& h+ x4 q- I$ G! tOn 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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( l# x0 D: A: E5 ?7 p0 s1 W5 ~http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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