know move in frankfurt the european central bank has left its benchmark financing rate at a historic low of zero percent that's despite policymakers demanding the bank's president mario draghi increase rates to match an ongoing recovery in the euro zone economy. europe's biggest economy germany is set to grow around two and a half percent next year according to leading economists the euro area as a whole is also up but that's just not enough for now you know druggy he is once again defying critics once again he's holding rates low and continuing the asset purchasing program that's because while druggy credits the e.c.b. with keeping the eurozone on the right economic course there's still plenty of work to be done. our monetary policy decisions have preserved the very favorable for announcing conditions that are still needed for seeing the return of inflation