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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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" @, D7 i7 z# q2 SThe 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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; B2 \: S) \/ X7 Y8 OThe 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.' P9 I7 f8 D7 Y% t3 Q
2 J6 d: |3 \( ~7 VThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.; A( A, U8 c. S
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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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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.
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, D2 f# ^* |0 Ihttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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