Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from ...

Against this backdrop, the ECB’s communication in the policy statement and President Lagarde’s comments will hold the key to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong ...

The European Central Bank's president responded Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump's accusation of unfair trade treatment ...

Central bank independence is being challenged in parts of the world and greater political influence could undermined banks' ...

Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with interest rate cuts ...

ECB officials reduced the deposit rate by a quarter-point to 2.75%. They continued to describe their current monetary-policy stance as ‘restrictive’, signaling more loosening is in the pipeline, while ...

Eurozone rate-setters are set to cut borrowing costs again this week, confident their efforts to lower inflation will remain ...

Investors maintained bets for further easing, pricing an additional 70 basis points of cuts during the rest of 2025, which would lower rates to near 2 per cent.

Following is the text of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's statement after the bank's policy meeting on Thursday: ...