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ECB signals Dec policy review, keeps money-printing unchanged

The bank will want to see what else can be done to tackle weak inflation and boost economic recovery

Published Thu, Oct 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Valletta

THE European Central Bank left interest rates and its money-printing programme unchanged on Thursday and president Mario Draghi said it would review in December what more it could do to tackle the threat of weak inflation.

Falling commodity prices and emerging market concerns are weighing on economic prospects, he said.

Mr Draghi told a news conference that the bank would fully pursue its asset purchase scheme up to 60 billion euros (S$93 billion) a mon…

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