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European Central Bank policymakers keep interest rates at their historic lows and say they would remain there "at least through the end of 2019". SOUNDBITE of Mario Draghi
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announces that ECB European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged again. The third consecutive pause since October was widely expected, and leaves the benchmark deposit rate at a record high of four percent. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, announces the ECB is lifting its key rates of interest by 75 basis points, leaving them sitting in a range of between 0.75 and 1.5 percent. It came after the bank hiked rates by 50 basis points in July, its first increase in more than a decade, in order to tame record eurozone inflation. These levels "will ensure the timely return of inflation to our 2% medium term target" she says, during a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
Soaring inflation in the eurozone meant the European Central Bank would soon have to bring an end to its long-standing policy of negative interest rates, the head of the German central bank says. SOUNDBITE of Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces that the US Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates at a 22-year high, between 5.25 percent and 5.50 percent. SOUNDBITE
The European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says that the ECB is raising interest rates again and signals it would "stay the course" in its monetary policy tightening, even as sky-high inflation starts to slow. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve left its key lending rate unchanged on and penciled in just one rate cut this year, down from the three expected in March. SOUNDBITE
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