Daily economic updateBY BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006 10:51AMThe Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent - the highest they have been since August 2001 and the seventh consecutive hike in the country's official interest rates. |
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Brian Redican
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