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Europe needs tighter regulation of shadow banks: Lagarde

Europe needs to tighten regulation of non bank financial firms to level the playing field with traditional lenders and to contain risk in a sector that has grown rapidly over the past several decades, ECB President Christine Lagarde said today.
Business • 03 Oct

ECB not in a hurry to cut rates further, Lagarde says

The European Central Bank needs more time to conclude that inflation is firmly on a path to 2% and benign economic developments indicate that rate cuts are not urgent, ECB President Christine Lagarde has said.
Business • 02 Jul 24

ECB's Knot pushes back on rate cut bets

Investor bets for European Central Bank rate cuts are excessive and possibly self defeating because they could actually hold back monetary easing, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot told CNBC today.
Business • 17 Jan 24

ECB's Lagarde downplays inflation concerns

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde appeared to downplay inflation concerns today, arguing that price pressures could still subside before becoming entrenched and high energy costs would be a drag on prices further out.
Business • 07 Feb 22

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