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ECB pumps €442bn into banking system

By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Krishna Guha in Washington and David Oakley in London

Published: June 24 2009 11:05 | Last updated: June 24 2009 23:12

The European Central Bank on Wednesday pumped hundreds of billions of euros in one-year loans into the eurozone’s weakened banking system, making record amounts of emergency finance available in a bid to unlock credit markets and revive the region’s economies.

The move came as the US Federal Reserve pushed back against expectations of an early rise in US interest rates.

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