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The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, as economists had widely predicted, as the bank seeks to balance economic turbulence while keeping inflation from rising too much.
The decision marks the central bank’s fifth consecutive rate hold, as a number of factors have complicated the economic picture.
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