The decision by the bank's policy board, which ended a two-day meeting had been widely expected.
The two-day meeting had been extended to three before it got started.
A two-day meeting was held in the late summer each year.
The two-day meeting begins today; a decision on interest rates is expected tomorrow.
This will not happen as the result of a two-day meeting in Rome.
The announcement came after a two-day meeting of the policy board.
The two-day meeting starts on a Friday just after lunch.
The two-day meeting of the national party leadership ended without agreement on how to address the problem.
The decision came at the end of a two-day meeting by union leaders in Minneapolis.
The second half of this two-day meeting is usually the most popular, but not if it's wet.