European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde slapped down on Thursday a suggestion by her Czech colleague Ales Michl to include bitcoin among his country's official reserves.

Speaking at a press conference, ECB President Christine Lagarde suggested “liquid, secure and safe“ standards for central banks likely precluded Bitcoin as a reserve asset.

ECB President Christine Lagarde urged Europe to prepare for potential US trade policy shifts, warning of selective tariffs ...

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.

Europe must “be prepared” for potential trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the European Central ...

Central bank independence is being challenged in parts of the world and greater political influence could undermined banks' ...

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe Biden’s ...

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 ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is giving a press conference following the bank’s latest monetary policy ...

The re-election of Donald Trump should serve as a “wake-up call” for EU leaders, Lagarde and Germany's Habeck warned.

Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from ...

Europe must "be prepared" and anticipate the potential trade tariffs of newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump, ...