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Europe | War fuels a hawkish outlook

March 20, 2026

The ECB kept interest rates unchanged, with the deposit rate at 2.00%. The war in the Middle East and the energy shock define current policy. Inflation is revised upwards and growth downwards for 2026, tilting the outlook towards a more hawkish stance focused on second-round effects.

ECB reaction

March 16, 2020

Last Thursday, a day of panic across markets with plummeting stock markets and investors seeking refuge in low-risk assets, and after the World Health Organization had declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the ECB strengthened its efforts in terms of monetary stimulus in two ways.

A new strategy for the ECB

January 27, 2020

Christine Lagarde sets off her mandate at the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) with an ambitious goal: completing a review of the monetary policy — the framework that guides the decisions to fulfill her mandate.

The Lagarde Strategy

December 19, 2019

There was much curiosity surrounding Christine Lagarde's first press conference following a meeting of the ECB's Governing Council. This was not so much over the tone of monetary policy—which followed the same lines as in Mario Draghi's era—but over how she would act in a fractured field where some did not welcome her.

ECB Watch | Lagarde's strategy

December 12, 2019

Overall, Mrs Lagarde’ first post-meeting press conference went as expected, with an outspoken communication style when talking about different issues not strictly related to monetary policy, and an unchanged line on the monetary policy stance.

Draghi, the president who broke molds at the ECB

November 11, 2019

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) will be remembered for a number of things, and one of them is never having raised interest rates during his term, and in fact having lowered them to today's negative levels.

ECB: New President, New Policy?

November 4, 2019

After eight years in office at the European Central Bank (ECB), it is time for Mario Draghi to pass the baton in eurozone monetary policy. Christine Lagarde will become the first woman to head the ECB.

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