Luxembourg, 29/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat and the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday published, for the first time, statistics on long-term interest rates for the ten acceding countries that will join the EU on 1 May.
At present, harmonised long-term interest rates are available for nine of the acceding countries. These interest rates will be used to assess the degree of convergence of these countries, as required under Article 121 of the Treaty establishing the European...