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The ECB raised its 2025-28 growth and inflation forecasts as inflation trends near the 2% target, keeping rates steady with a data-driven policy stance.
- On Thursday, the European Central Bank announced it kept policy rates steady at 2% and released upgraded staff projections alongside ECB President Christine Lagarde's press conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Only a few months ago markets were expecting more ECB rate cuts, but inflation trending toward the 2% target and stronger growth from exporters and domestic demand eased pressure for easing.
- ECB staff projections reveal growth at 1.4% for 2025 and headline inflation forecast at 2.1% in 2025, with core inflation nudged higher for 2026-27.
- Financial markets reacted by pricing modest chances of a rate hike late next year, likely closing the door to further near-term rate cuts and ending the easing cycle.
- Governing Council divisions appear as some members back a hike while others favor cuts, with speculation of a hike end of 2026 or start of 2027, and BNP's Mateos y Lago noting euro competitiveness challenges against China.
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The Frankfurt decision comes within a framework deemed stable: updated macro projections, domestic demand indicated as the engine of the recovery and expected price path towards the target over the medium term, with the focus on the service component
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) left its three key interest rates unchanged. The latest estimates confirm that inflation will stabilize at its 2% target in the medium term. The ECB also slightly upgraded its economic growth forecasts.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to maintain interest rates for the fourth consecutive meeting, so that the deposit facility, which marks the reference for money, stands at 2%, while the main refinancing operations and the marginal lending facility are placed at 2.15% and 2.4% respectively. The Governing Council of the Frankfurt-based body meets market expectations. "Its updated assessment continues to confirm that inflation should st…
The European Central Bank leaves the key interest rates unchanged in the euro area for the fourth time in a row.
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Mittelstand CafeINTERHYP AG [Newsroom]Munich (ots) - The European Central Bank (ECB) today decided to keep the key interest rates unchanged. This will not change the latest increase in construction interest rates. Key interest rate decision is not decisive "We often observe a ... Continue reading here...Original content of: INTERHYP AG, transmitted by news currently
The European Central Bank does not leave the lethargy. The Frankfurt-based entity has kept interest rates intact on Thursday at 2% for the fourth time in a row, thus certifying its comfort with the current inflation levels of 2.1% in the euro zone. Growth also gives good news: the updated Eurobank forecasts point to a further advance of GDP in the coming years, from up to five tenths more until 2027. There is no sign of a short-term crisis, nor …
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