Surpresa: BCE desce taxas diretoras em 25 pontos base

“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 decreased by 25 basis points to 1.25%, starting from the operation to be settled on 9 November 2011.

The interest rate on the marginal lending facility will be decreased by 25 basis points to 2.00%, with effect from 9 November 2011.

The interest rate on the deposit facility will be decreased by 25 basis points to 0.50%, with effect from 9 November 2011.”

Uma surpresa logo na abertura de um novo mandato na liderança do BCE.