European Central Bank cuts interest rates

European Central Bank cuts interest rates

The European Central Bank has cut interest rates again suggesting that efforts taken to curb inflation remain on track. It's the fourth time the ECB has cut rates this year with the deposit rate now set at three percent. William Denselow is in Brussels for us.

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Sri Lanka cuts key interest rates, seeks China deal

Sri Lanka's central bank cut interest rates Tuesday as the prime minister visited China seeking a debt restructuring deal crucial to maintaining an IMF bailout. Transport minister and government spokesman Bandula Gunawardana said Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was in Beijing, the island's biggest bilateral creditor. "We are in the final stages of restructuring our foreign debt and the prime minister is in China for this purpose," Gunawardana told […]

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