At one point, the central bank thought the figure should be 100 percent.
Pressure is building for the central bank to do more.
He cut the central bank free from the rest of the Government.
The increase was the first by the country's central bank in 18 months.
The next day, officials met in the central bank to try to figure out what to do.
The increase was the second in six weeks by the central bank.
It is the central bank's second rate cut in less than six weeks.
"The feeling on the Street is that the central bank has to act."
Exactly how much power will the new European central bank have?
The central bank has raised rates 10 times over the past 14 months.