The ECB decided to leave the main refinancing rate unchanged
The ECB decided to leave the main refinancing rate unchanged at today's meeting but has shifted its monetary policy stance further to the downside.
The Frankfurt-based ECB has left its ``minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility'' unchanged at 4.25 percent, 5.25 percent and 3.25 percent respectively, according to an ECB statement Thursday.