ECB keeps interest rates unchanged
Posted on: Thursday, 2 July 2009, 09:38 CDT
The European Central Bank left its key lending rate unchanged at 1 percent Thursday, a move anticipated by many economists.
In a prepared statement, bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said policymakers at the bank expected inflation to remain dampened over the policy-relevant horizon.
Policymakers also expected a further deterioration in labor markets,
he said.
An economic recovery was expected to be gradual,
he said, with a return to positive growth in the second quarter of 2010.
Trichet said stimulus spending could provide more of a boost than expected, but turmoil in the financial markets, rising commodity prices and the intensification of protectionist measures
would have a continued negative effects on the economy.
Source: United Press International
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