FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut interest rates on Thursday and kept the door open to further policy easing as concerns over lacklustre economic growth supersede worries about ...

Lagarde told Karen Tso that there was divergence in monetary policy between the euro area and the U.S. due to a “different economic setting.” She also said that she was not “overly ...

Jean Boivin, head of BlackRock Investment Institute, speaking after Lagarde, said independence is not a given and managing it will be tricky. "We haven’t been in a situation where we have to ...

EUR/GBP edges higher despite dovish bets on the ECB’s policy outlook. The ECB is widely anticipated to reduce its Deposit Facility rate by 25 basis points to 2.75% on Thursday. The British Pound ...

U.S. stocks notched back-to-back weekly gains last week, with the S&P 500 hitting new records on Friday. Not everyone is bullish looking ahead, however, with some — such as JPMorgan Chase CEO ...

Central bank independence questioned, Lagarde says High debt, high inflation make independence tricky Governments want to blame central banks for difficulties, policymaker says BUDAPEST ...

Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from a leading US financier.

Winemaker Maxime Chapoutier would be arrested if he tried to sell two of his newest wines in his native France. "There would likely be outrage about these wines in France, and that would be a good ...

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 ...

Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Maxime Raynaud finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds and Stanford kept Miami reeling ...