European Central Bank policymakers are likely to explore the unconventional policy of granting cheap long-term loans to banks in the coming months as they chose to adopt a cautious stance towards terming the risks to the euro area economic outlook as "downside", minutes from December policy session showed on Thursday.
Following the December 12-13 Governing Council session, the ECB confirmed that it is ending its massive EUR 2.3 trillion asset purchase programme in December and trimmed the growth and inflation projections for this year.
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