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Key figures at a glance
Marginal lending facility	3.00 %
Main refinancing operations Fixed rate	2.50 %
Deposit facility	2.00 %
Effective from 10 December 2008

Online and in real time: ECB press conference, from Brussels, Belgium.

At 2.30 p.m. CET the ECB President and Vice-President explain the Governing Council's monetary policy decisions and answer journalists' questions.

Recently published

04/12/2008 - Press conference: Jean-Claude Trichet: Introductory statement, en . fr . nl
04/12/2008 - Press release: Monetary policy decisions, bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
01/12/2008 - Press release: ECB decides on the way forward for its new premises, bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv

04/12/2008 - Publication: Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area, 75 kb, en
02/12/2008 - Working paper no. 974: Institutional features of wage bargaining in 23 European countries, the US and Japan , 1162 kb, en
02/12/2008 - Working paper no. 973: Do China and oil exporters influence major currency configurations? , 1051 kb, en
30/11/2008 - Working paper no. 970: Responses to monetary policy shocks in the east and the west of Europe: a comparison , 1175 kb, en
28/11/2008 - Publication: EU banks' liquidity stress testing and contingency funding plans, 884 kb, en