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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10959

8 November 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) ecb
Market surprise at ECB cut in interest rates

Brussels, 07/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Central Bank says that the eurozone economy will experience a prolonged period of low inflation without the risk of deflation, but on Thursday 7 November, it nevertheless decided to cut the major refinancing interest rate to the record low of 0.25% and the marginal loan facility rate to 0.75%, leaving the deposit facility unchanged at 0%. The markets were taken by surprise and did not react with much enthusiasm.

The head of the ECB, Mario...

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