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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9969

4 September 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb
ECB maintains rates and revises growth forecasts upwards

Brussels, 03/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 3 September, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept main interest rates in the Eurozone unchanged. At the end of the meeting he was chairing, Jean-Claude Trichet stressed that the Governing Council was “unanimous” in saying that the current rates were appropriate. The interest rate for major refinancing operations therefore remains at 1% and the marginal lending rate and deposit facility stood at 1.75% and 0.25% respectively. This decision...

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