ECB leaves monetary policy on hold as lockdown worries loom

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2021 shows the European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde during the live streaming of a press conference following ECB's governing council meeting held at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday that it decided to keep the euro area key interest rates and other pandemic policy responses unchanged following its first monetary policy meeting in 2021. (Xinhua/Lu Yang)