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ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... target through 2027," Principal Asset Management market strategist Christian Floro said. "While ECB President Christine Lagarde did not provide any forward guidance, instead emphasising the need to keep all policy options open given the fluid nature ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... held in the highest regard by all who have worked with him." Those who signed the letter with Bullock include Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank on behalf of the ECB Governing Council; Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... also the first time in 13 years that the ECB has cut rates in consecutive meetings. "Although ECB president Christine Lagarde was very careful not to provide any forward guidance, instead emphasising their data dependent approach, markets are expecting ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... in the second quarter, lower than the first quarter's 0.3%, and falling short of projections. ECB president Christine Lagarde said growth stemmed mainly from net exports and government spending. "Private domestic demand weakened as households consumed ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... expectations will remain anchored indefinitely." Also speaking at the conference, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said she doesn't think we're going back to an environment of low inflation. Lagarde stated: "I think there have been forces ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... percent The ECB's latest move is in line with its objective of "anchoring the recovery". As ECB president Christine Lagarde declared in June: "We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... conditions continued to be sources of downside risk." But have no fear, European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde is here, whispering hope that "although downside risks associated with the pandemic remain in the near term" the "...risks ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... Spain and Italy - and the subsequent re-imposition and/or tightening of restrictions there. As ECB president Christine Lagarde intimated, while the central bank expected the second wave, it did not anticipate "the depth of it, the duration of it and ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... until people are confident that it's safe to resume activities involving crowds of people." ECB president Christine Lagarde echoed the Fed's concern: "I don't want to be exuberant about this vaccination." In her introductory speech, Lagarde ...
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