Monday 10, May 2010 by

ECB takes action to address severe tensions in financial markets

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided on several measures to address what it says are the severe tensions in certain market segments which are hampering the monetary policy transmission mechanism and thereby the effective conduct of monetary policy oriented towards price stability in the medium term. It claims that the measures will not affect the stance of monetary policy.

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