Record Rate Cuts and Economic Props Light up Europe
Dec 5th, 2008 | By Mike Caggeso | Category: Financial NewsA spree of economic props dominoed across Europe today (Thursday) all sharing the same theme – stopping the global financial crisis from getting worse. The European Central Bank took a drastic step to protect the Eurozone economy from shrinking further by lowering its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.5%.