Brussels, 31/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided on 31 August to keep the interest rates of the euro zone unchanged. The minimum bid rate applied to refinancing operations therefore remains at 3%, the marginal lending facility at 4% and the deposit facility at 2%. Information received since the early rise in interest rates has “further underpinned the reason behind our decision to increase interest rates earlier this month”,...