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Interest Rate: European Central Bank

European Central Bank: LONDON - The European Central Bank's decision to leave rates unchanged lifted the euro to near a four week high on Thursday, but uncertainty over the U.S. Federal Reserve's next move kept world share markets on edge, according to Reuters. As widely expected, the ECB kept its interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent deciding to waits for signs of the economic turnaround it has predicted for the region in the second half of the year and By Richard Hubbard The euro inched up to $1.3123 after the announcement, just shy of a four-week high of $1.3131 struck earlier, German Bund futures inched lower and European shares were little changed, holding on modest gains of 0.3 percent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.