Christine Lagarde

Shares slide amid oil price surge and ECB rates hike

ICG shares jump 6.7% after shareholders narrowly back €1.2bn buyout plan

Beethoven or birds? European Central Bank unveils new banknote designs

Citizens in euro zone invited to vote on top choices before notes introduced at date to be revealed

Makhlouf focuses on inflation and GDP data ahead of September rate decision

Central Bank governor’s comments come a day after ECB left interest rates unchanged for now

ECB to pause rate hikes but may signal that more is needed

Rising oil may force action by ​the autumn

Shares slip as SpaceX rout clouds Iran deal optimism

UK shares largely shrugged off news of prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation

Lagarde says ECB has started to see inflation feeding through to wider economy

European Central Bank seeing second round inflation effects

ECB raises rates for first time since 2023 as Iran war stokes inflation  

ECB is first big central bank to hike rates since Iran war

ECB rate hike: How much more will a mortgage cost in Ireland after today?

Effect will be immediate for tracker mortgage holders, less so for other home loan borrowers but there may be more of the same ahead

ECB set to hike interest rates today, and again in September

European Central Bank looks to tamp down inflation fears

Pressure on ECB to get digital euro project off the ground

AIB, Bank of Ireland join consortium of EU banks developing euro-denominated stablecoin some say could rival digital euro

What does the digital euro mean for the average Irish person?

On The Money: EU consumers will be able to make instant payments and transfers to anyone in the euro zone

How Revolut became a verb – if not yet a lender

Neobank with 3m Irish customers hopes US banking licence and an IPO will sustain fintech’s breakneck growth

ECB keeps rates on hold while hinting at possible June hike

Euro zone inflation has risen well above bank’s 2 per cent target level since start of Iran war

EU warns states against excessive support to offset surging energy prices

Brussels worries that spending to cushion soaring prices could turn energy crunch into a fiscal crisis

The Gulf war economic fallout: how bad is it and how long will it last?

The conflict with Iran has thrown energy markets into turmoil and the global economy into chaos

Irish inflation jumps to 3.6% as energy prices surge

Latest flash estimate for inflation indicated that energy prices went up by 11.1% in March amid conflict around critical Strait of Hormuz

ECB won’t be ‘paralysed by hesitation’ on Iran, Lagarde says

ECB president says bank stands ready to move if Iran war fallout worsens

Lagarde warns of price shock from Iran war as ECB keeps rates unchanged

European Central Bank decision comes as renewed inflation worries heighten

‘Double standards’ row as Lagarde receives €140,000 from BIS

Employees say different standards are being applied to president and ‘mortals’ at European Central Bank

Lagarde suggests she will complete her full term at the ECB

The Financial Times said Wednesday that Lagarde will leave before the end of her eight-year mandate

Early Lagarde exit would prevent far-right win in France complicating ECB appointment

Decision on next ECB president is likely to be settled in grand bargain between big European powers

Christine Lagarde to leave ECB before the end of her eight-year term

Central banker wants to give Macron and Merz chance to pick successor before French presidential election

Europe ponders its future: embrace an ally, submit to a bully or go it alone?

The world came to the Munich Security Conference over the weekend for an ideological showdown

Gabriel Makhlouf sticks to ECB line on rates as US tariffs help keep inflation anchored

Tariff impact coinciding with marked fall-off in inflation

ECB keeps rates unchanged despite stronger euro

Frankfurt policymakers keep bank’s headline deposit rate steady at 2 per cent

Euro zone economy unexpectedly grows by 0.3% in fourth quarter

Its performance in the face of geopolitical and trade tensions has surprised policymakers

Rupture or kerfuffle? Trump’s display in the mad theatre of Davos has European heads in a spin

It may be premature to think the US-European bond has been severed by a president with a short attention span and plummeting domestic support

‘Down to the wire’: ECB’s digital euro project faces decisive vote in 2026

Central bank aims to introduce the tokens in 2029 but parties in the European parliament are divided

Christine Lagarde’s pay is 50% higher than disclosed by ECB

Europe’s top central banker earns almost four times more than Fed chair Jay Powell, FT analysis shows

ECB holds interest rates steady once again

European Central Bank keeps rates unchanged for fourth month in a row

Interest rate outlook has changed rapidly

ECB expected to lift growth forecasts again this week while holding rates steady but next move may be to raise rates

EU missing the boat on AI, Lagarde warns

European Union needs cheaper energy, more uniform regulation, and an integrated capital market to channel risk, ECB president says

Euro zone inflation dips closer to 2% as ECB holds rates

Data shows price pressures building in Spain, easing less than expected in Germany and remaining well below-target in France

ECB keeps rates unchanged while warning of uncertain impact from tariffs

As expected, bank’s governing council keeps key deposit rate at 2 per cent

EU red lines can be elastic when necessary

Short of options, Europe is forced to consider creative and politically hazardous ways to keep funding Ukraine

Euro zone inflation rises to 2.2% in September

Figure marks first move above the ECB’s target since April

Have ECB interest rates reached their floor?

Markets downgrade chance of another interest rate cut in wake of comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde

ECB keeps rates on hold amid trade uncertainty

Frankfurt upgrades growth forecast for euro zone

Rich economies will need foreign workers to fuel growth, policymakers warn

Without an influx of foreign workers, the euro zone will have 3.4 million fewer people of working age by 2040, says ECB’s Christine Lagarde

ECB holds rates as Trump tariff talks go to the wire

US President Donald Trump has threatened to triple a basic tariff on imports from the EU to 30 per cent if Brussels does not cut a deal by August 1st

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