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(*) Effective from 15 June 2006
Marginal lending facility * 3.75 %
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Minimum bid rate * 2.75 %
Deposit facility * 1.75 %
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    15/06/2006 - Speech: Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell:  ABI-SWIFT 'SPIN 2006' Conference on 'The drivers of change: regulation versus competition',  en
  • 14/06/2006 - Speech: Jean-Claude Trichet:  Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Club,  en .  fr
  • 13/06/2006 - Press release: Assessment of the new global note arrangement for international debt securities,  en
  • 09/06/2006 - Press release: Business continuity oversight expectations for systemically important payment systems (SIPS),  en
  • 09/06/2006 - Speech: José Manuel González-Páramo:  Central Banks and Global Imbalances: Introduction to the round table,  en
  • 09/06/2006 - Speech: Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell:  Drivers for change in payment and securities settlement systems,  en
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    16/06/2006 - Statistical press release: MFI interest rate statistics,    90 kB,  en
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    15/06/2006 - Monthly Bulletin: Monthly Bulletin, June 2006,  1741 kb, en
  • 15/06/2006 - Statistics Pocket Book: Statistics Pocket Book, June 2006,  724 kb, en
 
12/06/2006 - ECB Law: Opinion on Sveriges Riksbank’s regulations on the purchase and return of cash (CON/2006/30)
Sweden, 12.6.2006,  19 kb, en . sv
12/06/2006 - ECB Law: Opinion on the introduction of the euro (CON/2006/29)
Slovenia, 12.6.2006,  34 kb, en . sl
09/06/2006 - ECB Law: Opinion on the redenomination of the capital and shares of companies and the introduction of no-par value shares resulting from the introduction of the euro (CON/2006/28)
Estonia, 9.6.2006,  33 kb, en . et
09/06/2006 - ECB Law: Opinion on an amendment to the Latvian Constitution regarding the status of Latvijas Banka (CON/2006/27)
Latvia, 9.6.2006,  21 kb, en . lv