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International

Lagarde says inflation risks ‘quite contained’ in each direction

FILE PHOTO: Outside view shows the Euro sculpture in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm/File Photo
Banking & Finance

ECB holds rates unchanged, offers no clues about next move

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The ECB lowered interest rates for the eighth time in a year after inflation dipped beneath 2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
International

ECB's Lagarde warns of risk to world economy via Trump interference on Fed

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The ECB lowered interest rates for the eighth time in a year after inflation dipped beneath 2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
International

Eurozone economy proving resilient, says ECB’s Lagarde

ECB's Christine Lagarde says: “I think we are getting to the end of a monetary policy cycle. After that 25-basis-point rate cut and with the right path as it is, we are in a good place.”
Global Enterprise

ECB cuts rates as bets build on a summer pause

Speaking in a separate interview with Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster, ECB president Christine Lagarde said the impact of tariffs on inflation is hard to gauge for the central bank.
International

Lagarde says international trade will never be the same

“I have decided to step down from the position of Chair and as a member of the Board of Trustees, with immediate effect,” Schwab, 87, said in the statement.
International

World Economic Forum courts Lagarde as its next leader after founder’s abrupt exit

epa11863722 European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference following the meeting of the ECB Governing Council in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30 January 2025. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
International

ECB still has a bit of work to do on prices: Lagarde

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
Banking & Finance

ECB’s Lagarde says keeping inflation in check is a ‘constant battle’

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
International

ECB’s Lagarde spells out cost of trade war with US

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