ECB’s Lagarde: Europe Faces New Geopolitical Shocks

Christine Lagarde's main message was that while the ECB is returning to conventional monetary policy tools like interest rates, Europe must prepare.
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Christine Lagarde's main message was that while the ECB is returning to conventional monetary policy tools like interest rates, Europe must prepare.

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