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European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde

ECB must carefully assess data on patchy recovery

Business • 21 Sep

The ECB's benchmark deposit rate remains at -0.5% while the main rate remains at 0%

ECB's Lagarde says bank watching euro closely

Business • 10 Sep

The European Central Bank is not expected to make any major policy moves at its meeting this week

Surging euro, vanishing inflation: 5 questions for ECB

Business • 07 Sep

The European Central Bank kept policy unchanged as expected

ECB takes policy pause despite pandemic worries rising

Business • 16 Jul

The ECB chief has warned that the new normal will look different from what was before

Lagarde says 'probably passed lowest point' of crisis

Business • 26 Jun

ECB chief Christine Lagarde

ECB's Lagarde urges quick EU recovery plan

Business • 19 Jun

'The Franco-German proposals are ambitious, targeted and, of course, welcome,' ECB chief Christine Lagarde has said

ECB's Lagarde cheers Franco-German EU recovery plan

Business • 19 May

The ECB said the euro zone is 'facing an economic contraction of a magnitude and speed that is unprecedented in recent history'

ECB's Lagarde warns of 'unprecedented' slump

Business • 30 Apr

ECB President Christine Lagarde said 'extraordinary times require extraordinary action'

ECB announces €750bn bond purchase scheme

Business • 19 Mar

The European Central Bank said it is ready to take further measures to support the crisis-stricken euro zone economy

ECB says it has more firepower to fight crisis

Business • 18 Mar

Former Central Bank Governor Philip Lane is now the European Central Bank's chief economist

ECB ready to act on widening bond spreads - Lane

Business • 13 Mar

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said the Covid-19 outbreak will have a significant impact on economic activity

Lagarde calls for ambitious fiscal response to virus

Business • 12 Mar

ECB chief Christine Lagarde

Lagarde's first big test: Five questions for the ECB

Business • 09 Mar

Sources say the ECB's Governing Council held a telephone conference call last night to assess the impact of the coronavirus outbreak

IMF to make $50 billion in emergency funding available

Coronavirus • 04 Mar

ECB chief Christine Lagarde will herself will kick off the town-hall events - dubbed the 'ECB Listens'

'We want to listen' - Lagarde kicks off ECB roadshow

Business • 24 Feb

Mario Draghi has again defended his record after a German award fanned the flames of criticism of his easy-money policy

Draghi defends ECB record on critics' home turf

Business • 31 Jan

ECB chief Christine Lagarde are among the headline acts on the last day of Davos

ECB's Lagarde says uptick in inflation 'really minor'

Business • 24 Jan

New ECB chief Christine Lagarde will launch a review of the bank's main policies today

ECB launches review, keeps policy on hold

Business • 23 Jan

New European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde

Ready, steady, review - 5 questions for the ECB

Business • 20 Jan

Christine Lagarde vowed at her first press conference as ECB chief that she would keep to her 'own style' and says her ambition is to be a 'wise owl'

ECB to launch year-long strategy review in January

Business • 12 Dec 19

New European Central Bank boss Christine Lagarde will hold her first policy meeting on Thursday,

Five questions for the new ECB chief

Business • 10 Dec 19

Mr Donohoe will also visit Berlin

Minister for Finance to meet Christine Lagarde at ECB

Business • 25 Nov 19

ECB President Christine Lagarde made her first major policy speech in Frankfurt today

ECB's Lagarde tells euro zone to 'innovate and invest'

Business • 22 Nov 19

Incoming European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde

New ECB boss Lagarde slams Germany for low spending

Business • 30 Oct 19

Mario Draghi's last news conference as President of the ECB was not the grand finale he was hoping for

Draghi defends legacy as ECB keeps money taps on

Business • 25 Oct 19

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