Monetary policy decisions
Central bank: ecb | Type: decision | Date: 2008-11-06

PRESS RELEASE
Monetary policy decisions
6 November 2008
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 decreased by 50 basis points to 3.25%, starting from the operation to be settled on 12 November 2008.
The interest rate on the marginal lending facility will be decreased by 50 basis points to 3.75%, with effect from 12 November 2008.
The interest rate on the deposit facility will be decreased by 50 basis points to 2.75%, with effect from 12 November 2008.
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.