Rome, 03/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the most recent of its biannual meetings outside Frankfurt, the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank decided in Rome on 3 April not to change its key interest rates. Minimum bid rates for main refinancing operations, therefore, will remain at 2.5% (having been reduced on 6 March: see EUROPE of 7 March, p.8); interest rates for marginal lending and deposit facilities at 3.5% and 1.5% respectively.
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