FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank kept all of its interest rates unchanged on Thursday and said it expected key interest rates to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time.

It also underscored that the monthly bond purchase program of €80 billion would go until March 2017 or beyond to achieve its inflation goal.

The central bank kept its rate on regular loans at a record low of 0% and the rate on overnight deposits at minus 0.4%, meaning that banks continue to pay to leave funds with the central bank.

Write to Todd Buell at todd.buell@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 21, 2016 08:15 ET (12:15 GMT)

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