UPDATE: The ECB voted to leave the benchmark refinancing rate unchanged at 0.75 percent this month, as expected.
The deposit rate was left unchanged at 0 percent and the marginal lending facility was also unchanged at 1.5 percent.
Next up is ECB President Mario Draghi's press conference at 8:30 AM. Click here for LIVE updates >
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ORIGINAL: Heads up – the ECB announces its January interest rate decision at 7:45 AM ET. ECB President Mario Draghi will hold a press conference and take questions from reporters at 8:30 AM.
The consensus call is that the ECB will leave interest rates unchanged at today's meeting given recent improvements in euro area economic data, but cuts were "widely discussed" at the last meeting.
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