It was only from December 2002, in the face of criticisms from the socio-economic community (and even the IMF) that the ECB started to lower its rates owing to the risk of deflation.
Tikai no 2002. gada decembra ECB, reaģējot uz sociālekonomisko aprindu kritiku, sāka samazināt savas likmes saistībā ar deflācijas risku.