Tag: Christine Lagarde

• Friday, February 20th 2026 - 03:43 UTC

  Christine Lagarde: International order is “in danger”

  

  European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde warned on Thursday in New York that the international order is “in danger” because the United States has begun to doubt the rules-based system it long supported, in remarks delivered as she received Columbia University’s Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award.

• Sunday, February 15th 2026 - 16:28 UTC

  Lagarde says Trump’s ‘kick in the butt’ has pulled European leaders closer

  

  European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday at the Munich Security Conference that a shift in US President Donald Trump’s stance toward Europe has acted as a political jolt, pushing European leaders into closer coordination.

• Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 11:37 UTC

  European Central Bank leaves rate unchanged, waiting for September data

  

  The European Central Bank (ECB) left its main interest rate unchanged at 3.75%, but president Christine Lagarde indicated that an interest rate cut is possible at its next meeting in September. However in her media conference following last Thursday announcement warned that risks to growth persist.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:07 UTC

  Christine Lagarde: Why we adjusted interest rates

  

  By Christine Lagarde
  
  The ECB has cut interest rates, 6th June. President Christine Lagarde explains why and sets out what still needs to be done to bring inflation back to 2% over the medium term. (*)

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  ECB leaves interest rates unchanged for the first time since July 2022

  

  The European Central Bank, ECB left interests rates unchanged for the first time in more than a year at a meeting in Athens last Thursday. ECB said it would leave key rates unchanged at between 4 and 4.75%.

• Monday, March 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  German Chancellor says “no reason to be concerned about Deutsche Bank”, system is stable and resilient

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during an EU summit last Friday in Brussels that Europe's banking system is “stable” and “ solid”. The leaders of the Eurozone countries met with the head of the European Central Bank, ECB, Christine Lagarde, to discuss the potential fallsou of several major banks collapsing in the US and Switzerland.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Global Inflation: Brazil's Guedes and Europe's Lagarde have opposing positions

  

  Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes said that inflation will become a long-term challenge for Western countries, since “the beast is already out of the bottle”, and central bankers have been caught “sleeping at the driving wheel”.

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 17:58 UTC

  ECB keeps interest rates at historic low and pledges to step up bond buying

  

  The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday kept interest rates at historic lows and said it was stepping up its bond-buying stimulus in the coming months. The steps are aimed at halting what is regarded as a premature rise in borrowing costs in the 19 countries that use the Euro currency.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  “Journey of recovery” in 2021 will be accompanied by a high level of uncertainty, Christine Lagarde

  

  Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said on Monday that the “journey to recovery” in 2021 would most likely be accompanied by a “very high level of uncertainty” before a transition to a “new economy.”

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  IMF and top central bankers agree global economic recovery needs more public spending

  

  The International Monetary Fund said more public spending will be needed to complete the economic recovery from coronavirus, joining central bankers and finance leaders who are urging governments to set aside fears about mounting debt for now.