18/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - A European Central Bank (ECB) press statement explained that together with its counterparts in the United Kingdom, Canada, US, Japan and Switzerland, they had collectively decided on Thursday 18 September to inject new liquidity into the credit markets to improve the situation. The ECB is therefore launching a daily offer of up to USD 40bn with variable rates. (A.B.)/trans/rh)