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Canadian Tire say tariffs likely crater consumer confidence

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Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. executives say budding consumer optimism has been wiped out as tariff uncertainty continues to muddy the waters.

The retail giant’s chief executive said it looked like the economy was throwing up green shoots and consumer sentiment was starting to turn around coming out of the fourth quarter .

The Bank of Canada cut interest rates to three per cent from five per cent starting last June .

Shares were down 3.7 per cent in early trading on the S&P / TSX composite index.

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75

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76

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15

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informal

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English

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55

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short-lived