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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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; j9 e, R2 ]/ t5 FThe 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./ p$ J1 }- c& w4 Q2 F
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Many 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.3 K6 o* `8 g5 g7 A
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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.9 T0 x( i1 G$ {
; v5 `2 L. n X4 B% m- COn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.
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; ~, {; U& Z$ `( Lhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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