Bank of Canada Govcernor Mark Carney speaks to the media during a press conference after speaking to the Canadian Club of Toronto and Empire Club of Canada in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.Nathan Denette
The Bank of Canada released its interest rate decision at 9 a.m. (ET). Most economists had forecast that the Bank's Governor Mark Carney would lift the benchmark interest rate for a third consecutive time, to 1 per cent.
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