European Bank Holds Rates Steady
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The European Central Bank held its key interest rate steady at 4 percent while the Bank of England cut its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.25 percent.
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European financial markets stabilized yesterday after the U.S. interest-rate cut, as political leaders sought to calm sell-off fears by assuring Europeans that economic problems were in the United States, not their countries.
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The European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate on hold at 3.5%, in a widely-expected move.
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The European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate on hold at 3.5%, but hints that it may go up next month.
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The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady at a six-year high of 5.5 percent after reports that price inflation is slowing in the services and housing sectors. The bank raised rates last month after three other rises since August apparently failed to cool inflationary pressures and a buoyant housing market. Even after the European Central Bank raised rates Wednesday by a quarter-point, to 4 percent, Britainâs rates remain the highest among the worldâs seven wealthiest nations. Most economists expect a rise of a quarter of a percentage point next month in British rates. as the Bank of England tries to bring consumer price index inflation back to its 2 percent target from its current level of 2.8 percent.
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Federal Reserve policymakers today held their key short-term interest rate steady and indicated they remain concerned about inflation pressures.
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The European Central Bank leaves eurozone interest rates on hold at 2%, and upgrades its economic growth forecasts.
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The European Central Bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged Thursday, but markets are watching for hints of a quarter-point increase in a month's time.
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The European Central Bank left interest rates untouched Thursday, with bank president Jean-Claude Trichet saying Europe&#39;s modest recovery remains on track but will slow next year due to high oil prices.
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The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates unchanged at 5.5%, despite signs of a consumer spending slowdown.
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Poland's central bank kept key interest rates unchanged Wednesday after three straight months of increases, surprising markets that expected a quarter or half percentage point hike.
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The European Central Bank council meets to set interest rate policy Thursday, amid expectation that it will keep its key rate steady, as it awaits solid evidence the continent's economic recovery has firmed up.
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LONDON : The Bank of England announced it was leaving interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent for a second successive month, amid signs that Britain&#39;s red-hot housing market is cooling slightly.
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The European Central Bank opts to keep interest rates on hold at 4% as jitters unsettle world markets.
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European stock markets made steady gains on Monday, led by advances in the banking and automotive sectors.
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The European Central Bank holds interest rates at 3%, amid signs of easing eurozone inflation.
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The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady on Thursday, amid signs it is becoming increasingly concerned about the negative effects on economic recovery of the runaway price of oil.