Christine Lagarde

European Central Bank cuts rates but several data sets point in wrong direction and make further cuts far from predictable

European Central Bank makes first move lower interest rates after hiking them 10 times since 2022

Scale of boost for consumers, housing and investment will depend on how low borrowing costs can go

Governing council members are expected to unofficially discuss the future pace of rate cuts

While Frankfurt, as predicted, kept rates unchanged on Thursday, policymakers signalled the possibility of a rate cut at their next meeting in June

The ECB currently expects that euro zone inflation, which was running at 2.4 per cent last month, will reach its target by the middle of next year

Latest increase expected to bring increase in loan arrears, given the number of homeowners set to see fixed rates expire

Move mooted as compromise to reassure southern bloc countries that favour an earlier shift to lower rates

Comments by Fed chair Jay Powell come a day after ECB signalled possible movement in June

‘We clearly need more evidence,’ says ECB president Christine Lagarde as projections see inflation hitting 2% target next year

Markets expect Frankfurt to implement a sequence of rate cuts in the second half of 2024 but to proceed with cautious quarter-point reductions

History has warned that the last stage of returning inflation to central bank targets is often the most difficult

ECB has opened the door to loosening monetary policy this year

State hosted European Central Bank governing council meeting in May 2007, before the global financial crisis

Staff assail bank’s president for not focusing on monetary policy

Despite the cynicism, Davos remains the biggest meeting of business and politics anywhere in the world

Christine Lagarde says euro zone borrowing costs likely to fall in summer, later than markets expected

As inflation falls, speculation that Frankfurt will begin to loosen the monetary reins sooner-than-expected has increased, but when can we expect the first rate cut

Apologies, denials, deadly cocktails and some good old-fashioned warnings of imminent doom: 2023 had many lines to remember

Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises

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ECB president says consolidation among region’s exchanges would plug substantial funding gap

Interest rate cuts are now firmly on the cards for next year

Christine Lagarde says rates must be kept at current levels for ‘long enough’

Interest rate hikes: ECB’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged this month may signal we have reached the peak

The ECB head on steep learning curves, managing shocks — and taking deep breaths

Investors say further increase unlikely given near-stagnation of euro zone economy

A digital version of the single currency would see euros being carried in a wallet on your smartphone

Hawkish message underlines ECB chief’s warning not to expect rates to drop quickly

Latvian central banker says wage growth hasn’t peaked

Phones were returned after meeting to announce Claudia Buch in top banking role

Uncertainty over how quickly price pressures will subside despite hopes euro zone has seen last tightening

Tenth consecutive interst rate rise by ECB since last summer to add about €25 to payments immediately on typical tracker mortgage

Cliff Taylor: However, the European Central Bank has left itself wriggle room in case it needs to raise them once more

Institute increases rate to 4.5% in bid to curb inflation across euro zone

European Central Bank to announce latest interest rates decision today

Unusually, there has been no clear signal from the ECB’s governing council on its intentions

Bank president describes an ‘era of uncertainty’ as she delivers Jackson Hole remarks

Services sector has unexpectedly followed industry into a downturn, latest purchasing managers’ index data shows

Move to increase its key rates by 0.25 of a percentage point was widely expected