The European Central Bank announced a 75 -basis point of interest rate hikes

Xinhua News Agency, Frankfurt, September 8th (Reporter Shan Weiyi) The Central Bank of Europe held a monetary policy meeting on the 8th to decide to increase the three major interest rates of the euro zone 75 basis points, and said that it may continue to raise interest rates to further curb the inflation level Essence This is the largest interest rate hike since the introduction of physical euro currencies in 2002.

The European Central Bank issued an announcement on the same day that starting from the 14th of this month, the main reconstruction interest rates, marginal loan interest rates and deposit mechanism interest rates were raised to 1.25%, 1.50%and 0.75%, respectively.

According to the announcement, the European Central Bank will continue to raise interest rates in the next few months to curb inflation to continue to rise. The preliminary statistics released by the European Union Statistical Bureau recently showed that the inflation rate in the euro zone in August was 9.1%at an annual rate of 9.1%, far exceeding the European Central Bank's 2%mid -term inflation target, and hit a record high.

The European Central Bank stated in the announcement that in the future, with the gradually fading of inflation drivers, the normalization of monetary policy plays a role in economic and pricing, and high inflation will be relieved. The European Central Bank predicts that the inflation rate of euro zones in 2022 is 8.1%, and the inflation rates will be 5.5%and 2.3%in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

At the same time, the European Central Bank adjusted the economic growth forecast of the euro zone in 2022 to 3.1%, and the economic growth rates in 2023 and 2024 were 0.9%and 1.9%, respectively.

[Editor in charge: Feng Li]

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