European Central Bank chief Jean Claude Trichet opted to keep eurozone benchmark interest rates at 2 per cent today (2 June) for the 24th month in a row, but declined to rule out future cuts, prompting speculation that the cost of borrowing could fall.
Mr Trichet said the low rates "provide considerable support to economic growth in the euro area" and predicted that "real economic growth will gradually improve over the period ahead".
The news came shortly after the European Com...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.