Costs of borrowing for eurozone governments fall ahead of Thursday's ECB meeting

Bank is widely expected to leave interest rates at the current record high of 4%

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde: Her comments after Thursday's meeting will be scrutinised.

The costs for governments across the eurozone edged lower at the beginning of the week, as investors looked towards the European Central Bank's -url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/maintopics/interest-rates_topic-84884.html] interest rate[/url] decision on Thursday. 

The interest rate for Ireland to borrow money for 10 years fell to 2.8% as Germany's 10-year bond eased to 2.4%. The yield on Italy's equivalent bond also fell, to 3.8%.