MW: Draghi: ECB left rates unchanged by 'consensus'
By William L. Watts
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Thursday indicated that policy makers discussed a rate cut, telling reporters that the Governing Council had a "wide" discussion on interest rates but that the "prevailing consensus" was to leave them unchanged. Draghi also said policy makers discussed the possible "complexities" of implementing a negative deposit rate, but that the panel didn't elaborate further. Earlier, the ECB left its key lending rate unchanged at 0.75% and held the deposit rate it pays on deposits left with the institution at 0%.
