06-Feb-2026 10:35

The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged, the ECB said in a media statement on February 5. The ECB statement said that the Governing Council's updated assessment reconfirms that inflation should stabilise at its two per cent target in the medium term. The interest rates on the deposit facility, the main refinancing operations and the marginal lending facility will remain unchanged at 2.00 per cent, 2.15 per cent and 2.40 per cent, respectively. The economy remains resilient in a challenging global environment, the statement said. Low unemployment, solid private sector balance sheets, the gradual rollout of public spending on defence and infrastructure and the supportive effects of the past interest rate cuts are underpinning growth. At the same time, the outlook is still uncertain, owing particularly to ongoing global trade policy uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, the central bank noted further. The meeting of the Governing Council was the first since Bulgaria became a member of the euro zone on January 1 2026.

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