ECB, 금리 동결... 코로나19 대응채권 매입규모 유지<br /><br />The European Central Bank has frozen eurozone interest rates at zero percent until a time when inflation reaches its target of 2 percent.<br />It added it would keep its existing asset purchase program at some one-point-six trillion U.S. dollars.<br />The ECB says the move is aimed at cushioning the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 that has forced lockdowns in Germany and France.<br />ECB President Christine Lagarde explained the momentum was deteriorating faster than expected and the central bank would not hesitate to act.<br />
