European Central Bank meeting —

At its 22 July 2021 meeting, the European Central Bank held its policy rate at -0.50%.

Decision

hold — -0.50% to -0.50%

Key passages

the medium-term outlook for inflation is still well below the Governing Council’s target.

Confirms inflation remains weak, supporting accommodative policy.

In these conditions, the Governing Council today revised its forward guidance on interest rates. It did so to underline its commitment to maintain a persistently accommodative monetary policy stance to meet its inflation target.

Explicit commitment to persistent accommodation via forward guidance revision.

Meeting documents

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