key interest rate [ key policy rate ]

policy interest rate | policy rate | policy-related rate

federal funds interest rate | federal funds rate

cash rate | overnight rate | call rate | call money rate | interbank call rate | overnight call money rate

accounting rate of interest

forward rate agreement [ FRA | future rate agreement ]

Accounting Rate of Interest | ARI [Abbr.]

* Pursue the GAC conclusions of 22 January 2001 on the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, focus the human rights dialogue better, assess it on a continuous basis, and identify ways of making it more effective and results-oriented, notably on the key issues of concern identified in the GAC conclusions, including co-operation with human rights mechanisms; guarantees for the protection of those prosecuted for a crime for which the death penalty could be imposed and restriction of the cases in which the death penalty can be imposed; reform of administrative detention; respect for the fundamental rights of all prisoners; untrammelled exercis ...[+++]e of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, of the freedom of expression and of the freedom of assembly and of association.

Key issues for the future: Reducing the rate of unemployment and increasing the rate of employment call for further efforts.

In an environment where key ECB interest rates are at their lower bound, and purchase programmes focussing on private sector assets are judged to have provided measurable, but insufficient, scope to address the prevailing downside risks to price stability, it is necessary to add to the Eurosystem's monetary policy measures the PSPP as an instrument that features a high transmission potential to the real economy.

A key focus of Union policies on innovation and growth is green technology, given the objective of the Union to be a global leader on smart and sustainable growth and on energy and resource efficiency, including in respect of financing for SMEs.