Text: ECB statement after policy meeting

(Reuters) - Following is the text of the ECB's statement issued after its policy meeting on Thursday: Based on our regular economic and monetary analyses, we have conducted a thorough review of the monetary policy stance, in which we also took into account the new macroeconomic projections by our staff extending into the year 2018. As a result, the Governing Council has decided on a set of measures in the pursuit of its price stability objective. This comprehensive package will exploit the syner