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Christine Lagarde is set to become the first female president of the European Central Bank

Lagarde wins EU approval to lead ECB

Business / 17 Sep

The ECB yesterday cut interest rates deeper into negative territory

Germany not happy with ECB's latest moves

Business / 13 Sep

European Central Bank cut its deposit interest rate - the rate it charges banks to hold money - from -0.4% to -0.5%

ECB announces measures to kick start euro zone economy

Business / 12 Sep

Can the man who brought us 'whatever it takes' to save save the euro manage to pull one more trick out of the hat before he vacates the top spot at the ECB?

Mario's last act - how ECB moves could affect you

Business / 12 Sep

Christine Lagarde maintains that persistently low inflation requires prolonged stimulus

Lagarde clears key hurdle in becoming next ECB chief

Business / 05 Sep

Christine Lagarde was speaking before the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee today

ECB President hopeful supports bank's current stance

Business / 04 Sep

ECB President Mario Draghi said the euro zone outlook is getting worse

ECB opens door to rate cuts, more bond buys

Business / 25 Jul

The ECB has some monetary policy tools it could use to battle the uncertainty slowing its progress towards its inflation goals

How the ECB could boost the euro zone economy in 2019

Business / 25 Jul

Current Bank of England Governor Mark Carney

France denies Franco-German deal on Carney for IMF job

Business / 10 Jul

George Osborne may be lining up a bid to replace Christine Lagarde as head of the IMF

Ex-British finance chief Osborne eyes IMF role - media

Business / 04 Jul

Christine Lagarde said she was honoured by the ECB nomination

Lagarde's ECB nomination puts IMF into succession race

Business / 03 Jul

Mario Draghi hinted at further economic stimulus from the ECB yesterday, much to the annoyance of Donald Trump who accused him of deliberately devaluing the euro

US Fed in the spotlight as ECB signals more stimulus

Business / 19 Jun

ECB chief Mario Draghi said yesterday that the central bank will ease policy again if inflation fails to accelerate

Commerzbank brings forward ECB cut expectation to July

Business / 19 Jun

Donald Trump said Mr Draghi's comments would spark unfair European competition against the US

Trump blasts comments by ECB's chief Draghi

Business / 18 Jun

The central and eastern European business model has become vulnerable to shocks to international trade and financial conditions, Mario Draghi said

Central Europe 'particularly vulnerable' to trade war

Business / 12 Jun

The ECB is one of the most male-dominated major European institutions

First woman to head ECB? Not likely yet

Business / 11 Jun

No rate changes from European Central Bank today

ECB pushes back rate hike & offers to pay banks to lend

Business / 06 Jun

The ECB has had a long struggle to attract female talent for senior positions

Failing to hire women, ECB extends job deadline

Business / 27 May

The ECB is meeting earlier than usual so policymakers can attend the IMF's spring meeting in Washington this week

ECB's Draghi warns of 'risks' to euro zone growth

Business / 10 Apr

ECB chief Mario Draghi has stressed that low profitability at banks is 'not an inevitable consequence of negative rates'

ECB could compensate for side effects of negative rates

Business / 27 Mar

Mario Draghi said that while authorities and central banks are prepared for a no-deal Brexit, the private sector has to step up its preparations

Draghi says firms need to step up no-deal Brexit plans

Business / 22 Mar

The ECB has pushed out the timing of its first post-crisis rate hike until at least 2020

ECB pushes out rate hike, offers cheap cash to banks

Business / 07 Mar

No interest rate changes from ECB today

No policy changes from European Central Bank

Business / 24 Jan

The European Central Bank holds its first meeting of the year on Thursday

Five questions for the ECB

Business / 21 Jan

Mario Draghi said that increasing trade protectionism, upsets in emerging markets and financial market volatility remain major risks to growth

ECB sees inflation still dependent on its support

Business / 27 Nov 18

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