Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the ...

In the more than 60-year history of the International Monetary Fund, Managing Director Christine Lagarde already stands out — in more ways than one. The first woman to run the agency, Lagarde ...

Europe must brace itself for potential shifts in US trade policy, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has warned, saying that, while President Donald Trump's administration refrained ...

Lagarde will continue to emphasize transparency. In her confirmation hearings before the European Parliament, Lagarde underscored that “the effectiveness of monetary policy can be enhanced by ...

Christine Lagarde has been tapped as the next president of the European Central Bank, an appointment that would make her the first woman to lead the powerful institution. CNN values your feedback 1.

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said on Wednesday in Washington that the new wave of US tariffs could end up lowering inflation in Europe if the EU doesn’t ...

In Europe, inflation was down to 2.6% in February, well below its peak of 10.6% in October 2022. But the consumer price index has been stuck between 2% and 3% for five months, raising concern that ...

Europe's central bank to join global push ... ECB President Christine Lagarde said last month that the bank would raise rates for the first time in 11 years by a quarter-percentage point at ...