
Inflation Surge Should Compel ECB Rate Hike
With the threat of stagflation growing stronger, the ECB is allegedly still reluctant to raise interest rates. This is very troubling, especially with stagflation lurking in the woods.

With the threat of stagflation growing stronger, the ECB is allegedly still reluctant to raise interest rates. This is very troubling, especially with stagflation lurking in the woods.

The numbers don’t lie, but euro zone money chief Christine Lagarde still refuses to be responsible and admit the obvious.

Like an abusive spouse, the central bank is rewarding compliance by the country that it beat into a depression 15 years ago.

Christine Lagarde is probably the first major European policymaker to speak openly about why the EU is falling behind globally. But her plan for fixing the problem falls way short.

France’s political calendar turns the European Central Bank succession into a strategic issue for the Franco-German axis.

Unlike cash, a proposed ‘digital euro’ would create a permanent record of every transaction, purchase, and financial activity.

Christine Lagarde’s total 2024 earnings reached approximately €726,000, around 56% above her official ECB salary of €466,000.

The central bank’s latest forecast cements Europe in a deadlock of stagnation, deterioration, and emerging economic despair.

After losing 25% of its economy to austerity policies, Greece has been suffering in poverty for a decade. Now, starting with a promising idea, the government in Athens aspires to rebuild the country.

Brussels’ scheme to use frozen Russian assets is faltering as the ECB rejects a backstop and key EU leaders push back.