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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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3 e+ [0 \$ |5 K7 V% Z& bThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.6 n2 ?( W( j1 t1 ]
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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.% z( h9 x; b% Z, \! S8 t
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.4 P% W& n: H1 }
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions. Q% H$ l. @. r# h* {: Z# [
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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., s) [8 B1 o: U& d! U; }% y4 H: H
( }, e) w6 [% w1 H! J7 KOn 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.: i2 B/ c" a/ v. q; r9 r# w( @
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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