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The Latest: ECB leaves rates, stimulus program unchanged

Two women rest while sitting outside of an empty bar terrace at Plaza de la Constitucion square, in Vitoria, northern Spain, Monday, Sept 4., 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Two women rest while sitting outside of an empty bar terrace at Plaza de la Constitucion square, in Vitoria, northern Spain, Monday, Sept 4., 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) Two women rest while sitting outside of an empty bar terrace at Plaza de la Constitucion square, in Vitoria, northern Spain, Monday, Sept 4., 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

By Associated Press 2 min read

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The Latest on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting (all times local):

1:45 p.m.

The European Central Bank has left its key interest rates and bond-purchase stimulus program unchanged.

The decision was announced after a meeting Thursday of the bank’s 25-member governing council in Frankfurt.

The bond purchases are set to run at 60 billion euros ($72 billion) per month through the end of the year, and longer if needed to raise inflation from the current 1.5 percent toward the bank’s goal of just under 2 percent.