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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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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.1 m1 u$ S& d& m1 x. u2 v
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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.- I1 s e. M4 E# b* d9 ~6 m
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.+ a9 _1 E# X+ [! B- }
, Y. Q* l: L) }/ g) H, n6 B% JThe 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.: @. ^' | ~5 d$ r ]
0 A* P4 ?7 N8 P% K- b' P4 |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.4 X6 n" g3 [) ^& l: T2 _2 b6 Z4 [
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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