 Are the European Central Bank keeping benchmark interest rates unchanged? Here now is Eric Weigan of U.S. Bank. So Eric, the ECB saying it expects interest rates to, quote, remain at their present levels for an extended period of time and well past the horizon of net asset purchases. That's a pretty significant development. You know, it is. But it is somewhat expected. There was views going into this meeting that there was going to be some moderation in the language. And effectively, that's what it is. They removed the downside bias. Previously, they had suggested that they would maintain at current or lower levels. So they removed the language regarding lower. And you know, as a dovish tone, they've issued language suggesting that it's going to be for an extended period of time. So in some ways, it's acknowledging the accelerating growth that we're seeing out of the eurozone, but also acknowledging that there remains very little inflationary pressures. It also means that negative interest rates are here to stay for at least the foreseeable future because those asset purchases are set to end in December of this year. Yeah. And they haven't addressed the asset, the level of asset purchases. They will continue at the 60 billion euro level per month. And because there was debate in the ECB over whether to get interest rates out of negative territory and then end the stimulus, but clearly the ECB throwing cold water on that idea. Correct. I think they'll, like we've seen with a lot of central banks, they'll tend to err on the side of caution, you know, preferring to extend accommodation as opposed to, you know, jeopardize what has been a fragile recovery. Now from a stock's point of view, are you more bullish on European equities or U.S. equities? Because a lot of the strategists I've been speaking to favor Europe over the U.S. You know, Europe and developed international has become more of a, you know, of a popular play. And we would echo that. We do think that we are seeing political risk receding in the eurozone. We are seeing improvements as far as the economic activity, whether you look at GDP or industrial production levels, they're improving. Unemployment while stubborn and elevated levels is coming down. We are seeing the consumer engaging once again. So we tend to favor equities, but we do acknowledge that, you know, Europe is more, you know, attractive at these levels. And it's also because the European economy seems to have more room to run. They're at the earlier stages of the economic cycle than perhaps we are here in the U.S. Earlier stages as well as continue to have more monetary accommodation being provided. So that continues to be supportive. Okay. All right. Well, Eric Weigand, thanks for joining us from U.S. Bank. I'm Scott Gam and you're watching The Street.