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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates% h+ M6 G5 g4 w! `5 L* D& _) \; e6 T
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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.
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! H) |( d1 ?9 w/ [- y+ y" _The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.3 _3 y$ w$ o3 F) n) K x
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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" c7 m# X& [3 ?/ c* n( W& WThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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% ?* \# |$ w9 g. }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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0 p7 M( D, F; W$ y- k/ M& G- _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.* {/ G9 g. o2 w5 C, n | [% j7 w
+ v+ k& p3 t8 j/ v6 vhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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