Monetary policy decisions
Central bank: ecb | Type: decision | Date: 1999-11-04

PRESS RELEASE
Monetary policy decisions
4 November 1999
At today's meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:
The interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be raised by 0.5 percentage point to 3%, with effect from the operation to be settled on 10 November 1999.
The interest rate on the marginal lending facility will be raised by 0.5 percentage point to 4%, with effect from 5 November 1999.
The interest rate on the deposit facility will be raised by 0.5 percentage point to 2%, with effect from 5 November 1999.
The President of the ECB will comment on the considerations underlying these decisions at a
press conference
starting at 2.30 p.m. today.