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Key figures at a glance
Marginal lending facility	1.75 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	1.00 %
Deposit facility	0.25 %
Effective from 14 December 2011

Discover the ECB educational games about inflation.

"INFLATION ISLAND" shows how the economy and society can be affected by different inflation scenarios.
Play INFLATION ISLAND

"ECONOMIA" challenges players to keep inflation low and stable by setting the key interest rate.

The games are available in 22 EU languages.

27/01/2012 - Other decisions: Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates), bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv

27/01/2012 - Statistical press release: Monetary developments in the euro area, 79 kB, en

27/01/2012 - Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Ms Marisa Matias and Mr Miguel Portas, Members of the European Parliament, 35 kb, en . pt

27/01/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on a proposal for a Directive on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and a proposal for a Regulation on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (CON/2012/5)
27.1.2012, 232 kb, en
24/01/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on measures for the stabilisation of the financial market (CON/2012/2)
Germany, 24.1.2012, 32 kb, de . en
24/01/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on dematerialised securities (CON/2012/3)
Luxembourg, 24.1.2012, 37 kb, en . fr
24/01/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on a guarantee scheme for the liabilities of Italian banks and on the exchange of lira banknotes (CON/2012/4)
Italy, 24.1.2012, 170 kb, en . it