ECB questions and answers

The European Central Bank held interest rates unchanged at its meeting on 1 April. Jean-Claude Trichet told the afternoon press conference the ECB's key rates remain "in line with the maintenance of price stability" in the eurozone, although recent economic data has been mixed.

Click here for the Introductory statement and ECB press conference

Significantly, Trichet omitted his usual description of rates as "appropriate" from his introductory statement to the news conference.

The ECB president

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