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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

ECB cuts interest rate to 3.5% and warns of weak eurozone growth

Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde, the ECB president, said: ‘We are not pre-committing to a particular rate path.’ Photograph: Andre Pain/EPA

The European Central Bank has lowered interest rates for the second time this year, as it warned that economic growth in the eurozone will be weaker than it had hoped.

The ECB’s governing council decided to lower its deposit rate – paid to banks that make overnight deposits with the Eurosystem – by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.75% to 3.5%, on Thursday.

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