Christine Lagarde

ECB chief warns firms are increasing profit margins while workers are pushing for higher wages in tight labour markets

ECB president says getting inflation back to 2% is ‘non-negotiable’

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ECB president warns banks to prepare for slower economic growth, higher funding costs and lower lending volumes

EU authorities have sought to soothe nerves over wipeout of Swiss lender’s bondholders after bank’s purchase by rival UBS

Weekend of negotiations as Swiss government and banking regulators seek to avoid a crisis spreading across global financial markets

ECB has a credibility issue as it was clearly caught out by the initial surge in inflation, downplaying it as short-term fallout from Covid

Price pressures still elevated across single currency area, particularly food and services

Half-point interest rate rise will add €1,000 a year on a €300,000 mortgage, as Varadkar says banks ‘cannot have it both ways’ on rates

Frankfurt’s latest decision comes amid major market turbulence linked to overnight bailout of Swiss lender Credit Suisse

Swiss authorities issue statement in support of Credit Suisse as financial markets bet ECB will scale back planned half-point rate hike on Thursday

Borrowers who have received loan offers have until April 17th to close on current rates

Planet Business: Toblerone leaves the Matterhorn behind, Elon Musk makes rare apology and why the only way is up, still, for interest rates

Notable progress has been made toward Europe’s financial integration in the past two decades. Now it is time to show greater ambition

Top ECB policymakers warn inflation remains a long way from being under control

Central Bank deputy governor was also in the race for the regulatory role in 2018

ECB officials hammering home message on battle with inflation

The average rate on a tracker mortgage will now rise to over 4 per cent

Move will have automatic impact on estimated 240,000 Irish tracker mortgages

The outlook is improving but interest rates look set to rise several more times before the summer

Slovak central bank chief Peyer Kazimir joins hawks in urging at least two more half-point hikes

Iseq index gave back 0.76% on Thursday, slightly outperforming its European peers

Rates will increase further in coming months, ECB president warns

ECB president tells Late Late Show she remembers bailout phone calls with Brian Lenihan ‘with emotion’

Era of super-low interest rates appears to have finally drawn to a close and the long tail of inflation means it will not be returning any time soon

Dovish former Central Bank of Ireland governor now apparently outnumbered by hawks on ECB’s governing council

‘We will do what we have to do’ says Christine Lagarde, amid support for 0.75 percentage point increase

ECB chief also warns that government interventions to date have been too broad

ECB likely to increase interest rates further

For investors, used to historic low interest rates, it’s a brave new world

Euro hit its highest level for a month against dollar

Head of Bonkers.ie warns of potential impact if ECB raises rates amid soaring inflation

Get ready for a drop in prices as interest rates rise and housebuilding finally takes off

Great unknown hanging over markets is how long the war in Ukraine will last

Makhlouf adds voice to growing clamour for July ECB rate hike

Cantillon: Inflation beyond energy and food less evident in EU than US but signs are there

Tone of Macron’s second term could be determined by his choice of prime minister

Central bank has become more concerned about highest US inflation rate for 40 years

Wall Street lenders report mixed figures ahead of end to trading week

Joe Brennan: The ECB will have to move first