ECB leaves rates at 1.5% / Trichet defends ‘impeccable’ ECB record

The European Central Bank left its main interest rate unchanged at 1.5% in September 2011, ahead of an expected shift in monetary policy tactics triggered by the global economic slowdown and financial market tensions.

ESO: Background information: ECB raises interest rates to 1.5% http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecb-raises-interest-rates-to-1-5/

ECB: Press Release, 8.9.11: Introductory statement to the press conference. Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB, Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, Frankfurt am Main, 8 September 2011 http://www.ecb.int/press/pressconf/2011/html/is110908.en.html

ECB: Press Release, 8.9.11: Monetary policy decisions, September 2011 http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2011/html/pr110908.en.html

BBC News, 8.9.11: ECB keeps eurozone interest rates unchanged at 1.5% http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14836390

ESO: Background information: German president says ECB bond buying illegal http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-president-says-ecb-bond-buying-illegal/

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