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ECB holds interest rates steady as inflation nears target

31 Oct '25
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ECB holds interest rates steady as inflation nears target
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Insights

  • ECB has kept key interest rates unchanged at 2 per cent, 2.15 per cent and 2.40 per cent, citing steady inflation near 2 per cent goal and resilient economic growth.
  • Despite global uncertainties, the eurozone remains supported by a strong labour market and solid private-sector balance sheets.
  • ECB will continue its data-driven approach while staying ready to adjust policies to maintain price stability.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its three key interest rates unchanged, maintaining the deposit facility at 2.00 per cent, the main refinancing operations at 2.15 per cent, and the marginal lending facility at 2.40 per cent. The Governing Council said inflation remains close to its two per cent medium-term target and the overall outlook is broadly stable, supported by robust growth and a strong labour market.

Despite challenges from global trade disputes and geopolitical tensions, the eurozone economy has shown resilience, driven by solid private-sector balance sheets and earlier rate cuts. The ECB reiterated its data-dependent, meeting-by-meeting approach to future decisions and stressed it is not pre-committing to any rate path, the Council said in a statement.

The Council reaffirmed its readiness to adjust all policy instruments within its mandate to ensure inflation stabilises at two per cent in the medium term. It also highlighted the Transmission Protection Instrument as a safeguard against disorderly market dynamics that could disrupt monetary policy transmission across euro area countries.

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