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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates% x$ j2 _8 J$ x& P9 d$ `/ v
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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.- {$ V4 x+ K; d _) w1 |
% P- g) H( ? @, ^2 @0 |The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent. U: y) ?+ b# O( n# W1 m
) ]3 v3 J1 t* P9 X9 Z GMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.+ b+ [# q/ t/ \
5 n2 S% f4 y5 X9 F1 i6 @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.
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@2 [0 X( D* q$ bOn 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.- I u* w5 `# z7 l0 D1 N
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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