ECB set to hold rates, boost liquidity; Trichet bows out

Frankfurt (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is expected to prepare the ground for a pre-Christmas interest rate cut at his final policy meeting on Thursday and offer banks further protection against the euro zone's worsening debt storm.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/1912685f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=ECB+set+to+hold+rates%2C+boost+liquidity%3B+Trichet+bows+out&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fuk-eurozone-ecb-idUKTRE7946WO20111006%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=ECB+set+to+hold+rates%2C+boost+liquidity%3B+Trichet+bows+out&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fuk-eurozone-ecb-idUKTRE7946WO20111006%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251635204/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/1912685f/kg/268/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251635204/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/1912685f/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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