(Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank raised
interest rates to a six-year high today to keep economic growth
from fueling inflation in the 13 nations sharing the euro.
ECB policy makers, led by President Jean-Claude Trichet,
increased the benchmark refinancing rate by a quarter-point to 4
percent, as anticipated by all 52 economists in a Bloomberg News
survey. That's the eighth increase since late 2005 and the
highest level since August 2001. The Frankfurt-based bank will
increase its key rate at least once more this year, a separate
survey shows.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
interest rates to a six-year high today to keep economic growth
from fueling inflation in the 13 nations sharing the euro.
ECB policy makers, led by President Jean-Claude Trichet,
increased the benchmark refinancing rate by a quarter-point to 4
percent, as anticipated by all 52 economists in a Bloomberg News
survey. That's the eighth increase since late 2005 and the
highest level since August 2001. The Frankfurt-based bank will
increase its key rate at least once more this year, a separate
survey shows.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
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