Monetary policy decisions
Central bank: ecb | Type: decision | Date: 2007-03-08

PRESS RELEASE
Monetary policy decisions
8 March 2007
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:
The minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be increased by 25 basis points to 3.75%, starting from the operation to be settled on 14 March 2007.
The interest rate on the marginal lending facility will be increased by 25 basis points to 4.75%, with effect from 14 March 2007.
The interest rate on the deposit facility will be increased by 25 basis points to 2.75%, with effect from 14 March 2007.
The President of the ECB will comment on the considerations underlying these decisions at a press conference starting at 2.30 p.m. (CET) today.