A couple of European Central Bank superstars are on the speaker circuit on Friday, Lagarde and Nagel. 1230 GMT / 0730 US Eastern time: ‘Fireside chat’ between ECB President Christine Lagarde and Martin Wolf at Financial Times’ Global Boardroom 2023 in London, UK 1520 GMT / 1020 US Eastern time: Speech by Germany’s Bundesbank President
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde spoke in an interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini. The ECB posted the interview on its site, here: Speaking to the Greek newspaper, President Christine Lagarde reflects on the Greek economy’s strong recovery in recent years, and reiterates the ECB’s determination to return euro area inflation to 2% Highlights: “We
Share: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), explains the ECB’s decision to leave the key interest rates unchanged in October and responds to questions from the press. ECB press conference key quotes “The economy is likely to remain weak for the rest of the year.” “The economy should strengthen over
Geez, Janet Yellen is short The European Central Bank is eyeing energy prices and fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict, President Christine Lagarde told euro-area finance ministers, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg. WTI crude oil is down 72-cents today to $86.97. It was around this time two years ago that Lagarde
While the US and Canada are out on holiday today: the UK and Europe are open as normal. There are European Central Bank speakers on the agenda as follows: 1330 GMT, 0930 US Eastern time: Speech by ECB President Christine Lagarde at the Distinguished Speakers Seminar organised by the European Economics & Financial Centre 1400
Energy transition and climate change is triggering profound transformations in energy markets We are seeing profound changes in the labour market and the nature of work If we face both higher investment needs and greater supply constraints, we are likely to see stronger price pressures We need to set rates at sufficiently restrictive levels for
Disinflation has to be ‘timely’ and ‘sustainable’ German growth not broken and demonstrating resilience Proximity to war in Ukraine part of the reason for differing economic paths for US and Europe Changing inflation target would be ‘deceptive’ and counter to anchoring expectations That’s a dovish headline from Lagarde, though hardly a signal about a Sept
Inflation is coming down on both sides of the channel, but while headline rates are dropping thanks to base effects, services price inflation in particular looks sticky. In Europe, the August flash HCOB PMI reports were a huge negative surprise, with the plunge in services confidence seemingly destroying the hope that strong domestic demand will