Stock Take Analysis: Lagarde faces career-defining 12 months as pressure mounts on ECB to cut ratesThe former French politician must take the lead on cutting interest rates to save the Eurozone economy from recession
Europe Digital euro of ‘incredible importance’ to future of currency, Donohoe saysEuropean Central Bank recently began preparatory work for to develop a platform and the needed infrastructure for the digital euro project
Inflation Christine Lagarde: New wage data is encouraging, but ECB needs more convincing on inflationThe president of the European Central Bank was speaking in Belgium
Economy Christine Lagarde warns against hasty decision on ECB rate cutsEuropean bank chief said that singled out salaries as ‘an increasingly important driver of inflation dynamics in the coming quarters’
Stock Take ECB chief Christine Lagarde douses talk of rate cuts even as inflation moves towards 2% targetWhile falling energy costs have resulted in lower inflation, the banks’s decision on when to begin cutting rates is far from straightforward
Stock Take Stock Take: Under fire Lagarde has earned right to continue management of EU monetary policyThe president of the European Central Bank is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to discussing potential interest rate cuts
Economy 53% of ECB staff don’t think Christine Lagarde is right for top job – survey The European Central Bank said the poll – in which the majority of respondents assessed Lagarde’s presidency as “poor – is ‘flawed’
Economy ESRI report reveals Ireland is a land of two economiesLatest figures from the institute show that while we are officially in recession and multinationals are struggling, the domestic economy is proving resilient
Economy Keeping Lagarde up: Traders reduce bets on rate cuts after ECB president’s warningChristine Lagarde advised the bank against lowering its guard as bank holds rates at 4 per cent
Economy ECB agree to raise rates again ‘if necessary’ despite October pauseNew meeting notes reveal bank’s updated stance on interest rates, inflation and markets
Inflation Lagarde rules out any interest rate cut for at least the next six months ECB boss says keeping rates at 4% will tame inflation
Economy Traders warn of further ECB rate hikes in response to Israel-Hamas conflictMarkets underestimate possibility of further increases this week as crisis in Middle East escalates, analysts fear
Interest Rates Michael Savage: ECB may have little choice but to start hiking interest rates againECB president has hinted that the central bank’s hiking cycle may have concluded but inflation is still stubbornly high
News ECB won’t cut interest rates until September 2024 – pollAnother reduction is foreseen in October
Economy Ireland will avoid recession but growth is slowing, says the IMF IMF downgrades its forecasts for Ireland, which now sits seventh among the 20 Eurozone countries in terms of growth
Economy Interest rates will remain at ‘elevated’ levels for as long as necessary, warns Lagarde ECB President ruled out any cuts to borrowing costs in the short-term
Interest Rates ECB’s Klaas Knot warns markets could be underplaying chance of further rate hikesThe ECB deposit rate is now at 3.75 per cent — on the verge of climbing to a record high.
Inflation Stubbornly high inflation raises prospect of further ECB rate hikesThe ECB subsequently hiked rates by 25 basis points in July to bring its main rate to 3.75 per cent.
Economics Lagarde’s lack of a clear signal keeps interest rate debate aliveConsumer-price numbers will set the scene this week for one of the most suspenseful decisions since ECB rate hikes began more than a year ago
Economy Further interest rate hikes will be “really very small”, claims ECB council memberMartins Kazaks, governor of the Central Bank of Latvia, said he believes any further interest-rate increases from the ECB won’t be significant