More formal plans as used for business and military purposes, while initially created with and as an abstract thought, are likely to be written down, drawn up or otherwise stored in a form that is accessible to multiple people across time and space. This allows more reliable collaboration in the execution of the plan.
Key ECB interest rates. The Governing Council of the ECB sets the key interest rates for the euro area: The interest rate on the main refinancing operations (MRO), which provide the bulk of liquidity to the banking system.
S ome central banks have taken taken the drastic measure of implementing negative interest rates in order to encourage economic growth. The European Central Bank's deposit rate has been at -0.4pc since early 2016 while the Swiss National Bank's lending rate has been even lower than this. Mark Carney has said that the next move on interest rates in the UK will be an upward one but that it will be limited and gradual.