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European Central Bank (ECB)
Ōuzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng
欧洲中央银行
to maintain / to keep unchanged
wéichí
维持
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bùbiàn
不变
，
Middle East war
Zhōngdōng zhànzhēng
中东战争
to cause / making
shǐ
使
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
outlook / prospect
qiánjǐng
前景
to tend toward
qūyú
趋于
complicated
fùzá
复杂
。

European Central Bank (ECB)
Ōuzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng
欧洲中央银行
on / at (time marker)
yú
于
March 19, 2026
2026 nián 3 yuè 19 rì
2026年3月19日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to maintain
wéichí
维持
three
sān xiàng
三项
key / critical
guānjiàn
关键
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bùbiàn
不变
，
at the same time
tóngshí
同时
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
the year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
forecast
yùcè
预测
to revise upward
shàngtiáo
上调
to / reaching
zhì
至
2.6 percent
2.6%
2.6%
。

March 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM

European Central Bank (ECB)
Ōuzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng
欧洲中央银行
on / at (time marker)
yú
于
March 19, 2026
2026 nián 3 yuè 19 rì
2026年3月19日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
，
to maintain / to keep unchanged
wéichí
维持
three
sān xiàng
三项
key / critical
guānjiàn
关键
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bùbiàn
不变
，
deposit facility rate
cúnkuǎn biànlì lìlǜ
存款便利利率
to maintain
wéichí
维持
at
zài
在
2.00 percent
2.00%
2.00%
。
Middle East war
Zhōngdōng zhànzhēng
中东战争
to lead to / to cause
dǎozhì
导致
energy
néngyuán
能源
price
jiàgé
价格
sharply / dramatically
jíjù
急剧
to climb / to surge
pānshēng
攀升
，
to cause / making
lìng
令
the Eurozone
Ōuyuánqū
欧元区
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
outlook / prospect
qiánjǐng
前景
suddenly / abruptly
zhòurán
骤然
to worsen / to deteriorate
èhuà
恶化
，
monetary policy
huòbì zhèngcè
货币政策
orientation / direction
qǔxiàng
取向
increasingly / even more
yùjiā
愈加
complicated
fùzá
复杂
。
the ECB (short form)
Ōuzhōu Yānháng
欧洲央行
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
the year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
forecast
yùcè
预测
to revise upward
shàngtiáo
上调
to / reaching
zhì
至
2.6 percent
2.6%
2.6%
，
compared to
jiào
较
December last year
qùnián 12 yuè
去年12月
forecast
yùcè
预测
higher than / exceeding by
gāo chū
高出
approximately
yuē
约
0.5 percentage points
0.5 gè bǎifēndiǎn
0.5个百分点
。
governor (of a central bank)
háng zhǎng
行长
Christine Lagarde
Kèlǐsīdìnà Lājiādé
克里斯蒂娜·拉加德
at
zài
在
press conference
xīnwén fābù huì
新闻发布会
at (the event)
shàng
上
to state / to indicate
biǎoshì
表示
，
war
zhànzhēng
战争
to bring
dài lái
带来
structural particle
de
的
high degree of
gāodù
高度
uncertainty
bù quèdìng xìng
不确定性
to cause / making
shǐ
使
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
to face
miànlín
面临
upward
shàngxíng
上行
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险
，
at the same time
tóngshí
同时
toward / for
duì
对
economic growth
jīngjì zēngzhǎng
经济增长
to pose / to constitute
gòuchéng
构成
downward
xiàxíng
下行
pressure
yālì
压力
。
at the same time
yǔ cǐ tóngshí
与此同时
，
the Eurozone
Ōuyuánqū
欧元区
March
3 yuè
3月
business activity
shāngyè huódòng
商业活动
to fall to / to drop to
jiàng zhì
降至
eleven months
11 gè yuè
11个月
low point / trough
dīdiǎn
低点
，
major / key
zhǔyào
主要
institutions
jīgòu
机构
one after another
fēnfēn
纷纷
to revise downward
xiàtiáo
下调
the region
běn dìqū
本地区
economic growth
jīngjì zēngzhǎng
经济增长
forecast
yùcè
预测
。
the ECB (short form)
Ōuzhōu Yānháng
欧洲央行
to reaffirm / to reiterate
chóngshēn
重申
，
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
based on
yǐ
以
data
shùjù
数据
as
wéi
为
guided by
dǎoxiàng
导向
、
meeting by meeting
zhú cì
逐次
meeting
huìyì
会议
to assess / to evaluate
yánpàn
研判
structural particle
de
的
approach / method
fāngshì
方式
to assess
pínggū
评估
monetary policy
huòbì zhèngcè
货币政策
stance / position
lìchǎng
立场
，
in order to
yǐ
以
flexibly
línghuó
灵活
to respond to / to deal with
yìngduì
应对
situation / developments
júshì
局势
to evolve / to change
yǎnbiàn
演变
。
some / certain
bùfen
部分
analysts
fēnxī rénshì
分析人士
to point out / to note
zhǐchū
指出
，
if / should
ruò
若
energy
néngyuán
能源
price
jiàgé
价格
long-term
chángqī
长期
to remain elevated
gāoqǐ
高企
，
the ECB (short form)
Ōuzhōu Yānháng
欧洲央行
may / might
kěnéng
可能
to have no choice but to
bùdébù
不得不
in
zài
在
this year
jīnnián
今年
later
wǎn xiē shíhòu
晚些时候
once more / again
chóngxīn
重新
to consider
kǎolǜ
考虑
to raise interest rates
jiāxī
加息
。

News in English

Business

ECB Holds Rates as Middle East War Complicates Inflation Outlook

The European Central Bank held its three key interest rates unchanged on March 19, 2026, while raising its 2026 inflation forecast to 2.6 percent as the Middle East war drove energy prices higher.

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Měi Yī
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ceasefire
tínɡhuǒ
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xiāoxi
消息
to come in / to arrive (news)
chuánlái
传来
，
international
ɡuójì
国际
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yóujià
油价
May
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to drop sharply / to fall significantly
dàdiē
大跌
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。

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quarterly / fiscal quarter
jìdù
季度
revenue / earnings
yínɡshōu
营收
to exceed / to surpass
chāochū
超出
expectations / forecast
yùqī
预期
，
and / also
bìng
并
with
yǔ
与
Amazon
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to sign / to conclude
qiānshǔ
签署
$6 billion
60 yì měiyuán
60亿美元
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
。

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China
Zhōngguó
中国
April
sì yuè
四月
industrial / industry
gōngyè
工业
profit
lìrùn
利润
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
24.7 percent
24.7%
24.7%
。

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Meta (company name, formerly Facebook)
Meta
Meta
to lay off employees / layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
8,000 people
bā qiān rén
八千人
，
to accelerate / to speed up
jiāsù
加速
toward / to
xiàng
向
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
business / operations
yèwù
业务
to transform / transformation
zhuǎnxíng
转型
。

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