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[^3]\n\nThe Bank of Canada kept its key policy rate on hold at 2.25% as widely expected. [^4]\n\nThe Canadian dollar traded 0.4% higher at 1.3840 per U.S. dollar on Wednesday, recovering from a low of 1.3939. [^5]\n\nNew U.S. tariffs on around $28-billion worth of Canadian goods will weigh on exports, jobs, and investment in Canada. [^6]\n\nAnnual inflation rose to 3% for the first time since 2023, driven by rising energy costs from the Middle East conflict. [^7]\n\nGovernor Tiff Macklem led the decision to keep borrowing costs stable while assessing the uncertainty caused by escalating tariff disputes between Canada and the United States. [^8]\n\nThe Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on hundreds of Canadian products. [^9]\n\nGovernor Tiff Macklem stated that new tariffs imposed by Washington on Canadian exports and retaliatory taxes announced by Ottawa have increased uncertainty about the continuity of the country's economic recovery. [^10]\n\nInflation remains around 3%, fundamentally due to high gasoline prices derived from the conflict in the Middle East, while underlying inflation indicators remained near the 2% target. [^11]\n\nTiff Macklem affirmed that products affected by the new tariffs represent approximately 5% of Canadian exports to the United States, meaning a major direct impact on overall economic activity is not expected. 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