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

Major global players are devising their strategies in response to the protectionism policies promised by the Trump presidency ...

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 ...

It was not the outcome Trump said a week earlier he would "demand" from a Fed chief he appointed in his first term, soured on over differences about rate policy ...

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: ...

This week, two key events on monetary policy: in the US, the Fed's decisions, in Europe, the ECB's choices. So what will Powell and Lagarde do regarding the rate cut? Expectations and repercussions wi ...

DAVOS, Switzerland - World leaders and business executives ... ECB President Christine Lagarde characterised the global economic challenges facing Europe as "an existential threat".