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Bank of Canada expected to lower rates

Posted by Chad [April 21, 2008]

The Bank of Canada is expected to slash interest rates by as much as 0.5% on Tuesday to try and give the ecoonomy a boost. The current rate is 3.5%.

"While the Canadian economy has held up reasonably well through the first quarter of the year, the real issue is the outlook," said TD Bank economist Jacqui Douglas. "The weakness in the U.S. economy is eventually going to spill over into Canada, it's just a matter of time."