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1st LD: ECB keeps key interest rates unchanged

Xinhua, January 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that its key interest rates would remain unchanged at record low levels.

Interest rates on the main refinancing operations, marginal lending facility and the deposit facility would remain unchanged at 0.05 percent, 0.3 percent and minus 0.3 percent respectively, said the Frankfurt-based ECB in a statement.

By keeping the interest rates at record low, the central bank was trying to lift inflation rate in the euro zone to a healthy level and stimulate the sluggish economy in the common currency area. Enditem