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ECB cuts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points
Thursday, 2 April 2009
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The European Central Bank has decided to cut interest rates again today in response to the continuing recession throughout the euro-zone.
The bank says it is reducing its main lending rate by a quarter of one percentage point to 1.25%.
The move should lead to another slight reduction in monthly repayments on variable-rate mortgages.
The ECB has now cut its rates by three percentage points in the past six months in an effort to stimulate growth in the euro-zone.
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