ECB raises rates, says more rises are possible

The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate on Thursday 2 March for the second time in three months and suggested more hikes are possible as economic growth and inflation accelerate.

"We stand ready to do whatever is necessary and appropriate to ensure price stability," ECB President Jean- Claude Trichet said at a press conference in Frankfurt after the ECB lifted the refinancing rate to 2.5 percent from 2.25 percent. The ECB has "a stimulative monetary policy. There is no doubt

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