ECB Keeps Rates Unchanged as Growth Risks Diminish

The ECB has decided to maintain the current interest rates, expecting them to stay at present or lower levels for an extended period. The net asset purchases will continue at a monthly pace of €60 billion until at least December 2017, or longer if needed, to ensure inflation aligns with the ECB's target. These measures aim to maintain favorable financing conditions and support the euro area's economic recovery, which is showing signs of strengthening with reduced downside risks.

What decision did the ECB make regarding the key interest rates?

• To keep them unchanged

• To eliminate them

• To increase them

• To decrease them

Until when are the ECB's net asset purchases intended to run?

• End of March 2017

• End of June 2017

• End of December 2017 or beyond if necessary

• End of December 2018

What is the monthly pace of the ECB's net asset purchases?

• €30 billion

• €90 billion

• €120 billion

• €60 billion

What is the ECB's inflation target over the medium term?

• Above 2%

• Below but close to 2%

• Exactly 2%

• Below 1%

What has the ECB's monetary policy helped to achieve in the euro area economy?

• Higher unemployment

• Solid cyclical recovery

• Economic stagnation

• Increased inflation