ECB Upgrades Risk Assessment to 'Broadly Balanced'

The ECB has decided to keep key interest rates unchanged, expecting them to remain stable for an extended period. The asset purchase program will continue at a monthly pace of €60 billion until at least December 2017, or longer if necessary, to ensure inflation aligns with targets. Economic growth in the euro area is stronger than expected, but inflation remains subdued, necessitating continued monetary accommodation. The ECB is prepared to adjust the asset purchase program if financial conditions or inflation outlooks change.

What decision did the ECB make regarding interest rates?

• To keep the rates unchanged

• To eliminate the rates

• To increase the rates

• To decrease the rates

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

• End of December 2020

• End of December 2019

• End of December 2018

• End of December 2017

What has the recent information confirmed about the euro area economy?

• A stagnant economic momentum

• A stronger economic momentum

• A decline in economic momentum

• A weaker economic momentum

What is the current state of underlying inflation according to the ECB?

• It is decreasing

• It is stable

• It remains subdued

• It is rapidly increasing

What is the ECB prepared to do if the inflation outlook worsens?

• Reduce monetary accommodation

• Increase the asset purchase program

• Decrease interest rates

• Stop the asset purchase program