The Bank of Canada held its lending rate this morning as expected. The state of the rest of the world’s economy being the most significant reason for not tightening up the monetary policy. The quote below leaves the decision unknown for April’s meeting. It was expected that they would increase their lending rate in April but now it looks to be uncertain.

“Reflecting all of these factors, the Bank has decided to maintain the target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. This leaves considerable monetary stimulus in place, consistent with achieving the 2 per cent inflation target in an environment of significant excess supply in Canada. Any further reduction in monetary policy stimulus would need to be carefully considered. “

The remaining article is available at

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/fixed-dates/2011/rate_010311.html