Bank of Canada holds rate steady but warns more increases are possible - even as markets bet they're done

The Bank of Canada has decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at five per cent, the second straight time the central bank has done so and a sign it may be moving to the sidelines after raising the cost of borrowing 10 times since last year.
The move was widely expected by economists and investors who follow the central bank, after a slew of data points in recent months - from GDP, to jobs, to inflation itself — painted a picture of an economy that was slowing down.
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