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ECB Holds Line on Interest Rates

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The European Central Bank (ECB) did as expected today, voting to maintain interest rates at the historically-low rate of 1 percent. In addition, the ECB made no mention of future plans for stimulus spending in response to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s assertion yesterday, that the US government was preparing to scale-back stimulus spending.

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May
22
Today’s Global
Market Events
6:15am

USD
FOMC Member Lockhart Speaks
10:00am

EUR
Consumer Confidence
-20 vs. -20
USD
Existing Home Sales
4.64M vs. 4.48M
USD
Richmond Manufacturing Index
12 vs. 14
7:50pm

JPY
Trade Balance
-0.60T vs. -0.62T
8:00pm

AUD
CB Leading Index m/m
0.0%
8:30pm

AUD
MI Leading Index m/m
0.2%
Tentative

JPY
Monetary Policy Statement
JPY
Overnight Call Rate
0.10% vs. 0.10%