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Marginal lending facility	1.00 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	0.50 %
Deposit facility	0.00 %
Effective from 8 May 2013

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18/06/2013 - Speech: Mario Draghi: Opening remarks at the session “Rethinking the Limitations of Monetary Policy”, de . en
17/06/2013 - Speech: Yves Mersch: The European Central Bank’s role in overcoming the Crisis, de . en
17/06/2013 - Speech: Jörg Asmussen: Ausblick auf eine europäische Bankenunion, de
14/06/2013 - Speech: Jörg Asmussen: Reintegrating financial markets, en
13/06/2013 - Speech: Yves Mersch: Monetary policy in an environment of low growth and interest rates, en
13/06/2013 - Speech: Mario Draghi: Responsible leadership in times of crisis, en

12/06/2013 - Statistical press release: Euro area securities issues statistics, 150 kB, en
05/06/2013 - Statistical press release: MFI interest rate statistics, 124 kB, en

19/06/2013 - Working paper no. 1557: On the international spillovers of US quantitative easing , by Marcel Fratzscher, Marco Lo Duca and Roland Straub, 840 kb, en
19/06/2013 - Occasional paper no. 148: The use of credit claims as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations , by Kentaro Tamura and Evangelos Tabakis, 1886 kb, en
19/06/2013 - Publication: Competitiveness Research Network: First year results, 2692 kb, en
18/06/2013 - Working paper no. 1556: Measuring institutional competitiveness in Europe , by Stefan Huemer, Beatrice Scheubel and Florian Walch, 1076 kb, en
18/06/2013 - Occasional paper no. 147: Convergence in European retail payments , by Emmi Martikainen, Heiko Schmiedel and Tuomas Takalo, 1321 kb, en
13/06/2013 - Monthly Bulletin: Monthly Bulletin, June 2013, 3751 kb, en
13/06/2013 - Statistics Pocket Book: Statistics Pocket Book, June 2013, 617 kb, en

12/06/2013 - ECB Law: Opinion of the ECB of 17 May 2013 on a proposal for a directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing and on a proposal for a regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds (CON/2013/32)
OJ C 166, 12.6.2013, p. 2, 864 kb, bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
12/06/2013 - ECB Law: Opinion on the treatment of euro banknotes neutralised by anti-theft devices (CON/2013/43)
Belgium, 12.6.2013, 87 kb, en

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