10/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In its monthly report of August, the European Central Bank (ECB) considered on Thursday that the current level of key ECB interest rates is considered "appropriate" to maintain price stability in the medium-tem, while stating that the situation in the euro zone had to be followed closely. It does, however, acknowledge that the situation may be characterised by "increased uncertainty concerning economic growth in the euro zone in the second half of 2001". Indeed,...