ECB leaves interest rates unchanged

The ECB's board has confirmed the interest rates at 0%. Also unchanged rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility, respectively, still 0.25% and -0.40%.

The plan of purchases "Quantitative easing" has been extended until March 2017 "and beyond if necessary." The institute claimed to maintain asset purchases  of €80 billion Euro per month.
The immediate reaction of the euro-dollar exchange rate, which earns 0.44% compared to the end of last night, coming in at 1.1289.