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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
The European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged as expected, holding them at record lows as it seeks to revive growth and inflation with cheap credit to the economy. David Pollard reports.
The European Central Bank left interest rates and its money-printing programme unchanged as President Mario Draghi said it would review in December what more it could do to tackle the threat of weak inflation. Ivor Bennett reports.
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
Federal Reserve keeps US interest rates unchanged
Washington, Dec 11 (EFE).- The Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to leave interest rates unchanged at between 1.5-1.75 percent after undertaking consecutive rate reductions at each of its three earlier meetings this year, emphasizing what it called the good health of the US economy.FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE. STATEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE EDF, JEROME POWELL