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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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5 O- ?6 L L, ~5 S' VThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.- q# E* b2 N! x H
t, a; l0 K! h$ ~/ J& [The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.7 K0 ]7 H% F( E, T3 k
$ ]( R, M: Z5 mMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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5 Z+ `$ @2 ]3 R" u6 sThe 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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8 R# C5 G' R* XOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April., q5 \: R8 K3 D$ T8 c) z
$ P- n3 Q6 \" _# |http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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