ECB Meeting: Five key questions on rates, inflation and Lagarde's exitThe European Central Bank is widely expected to hold interest rates at 2.5% amid elevated energy prices, eurozone inflation and France’s fi...
26 Oct, 2026, 01.58 PM IST
WEF could appoint Lagarde as early as November, sources sayChristine Lagarde is likely to be appointed as the chair of the World Economic Forum next month. This change would require her to step down...
15 Oct, 2026, 06.52 PM IST
Global Market: Klaas Knot tops list of potential Lagarde successors at ECBFrance may support former Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot to succeed Christine Lagarde as ECB president in exchange for a French candid...
16 Sep, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde plans to quit before Macron's term ends, FT reportsEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde may step down early. This move could allow French President Emmanuel Macron to influence ...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
Global Market Watch | ECB President Lagarde plans to quit before Macron's term ends: ReportEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde may step down early, potentially before the 2027 French presidential election, to allow P...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
EU may accelerate search for Christine Lagarde successorEuropean leaders might speed up the hunt for Christine Lagarde's replacement at the European Central Bank. This move aims to finalize the d...
16 Feb, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
WEF spat heats up as founder Klaus Schwab denies misconduct"I am in a position to refute all the accusations brought up against me," Schwab said in a statement, responding to a report in SonntagsZei...
22 Jul, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
Gita Gopinath to exit IMF in August, return to Harvard as professorGita Gopinath News: Gita Gopinath, the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, is set to depart from her position at the end of August, as an...
22 Jul, 2025, 07.43 AM IST
Davos Forum founder Klaus Schwab steps down after more than 50 yearsAfter leading the World Economic Forum for over five decades, founder Klaus Schwab has stepped down from its board of directors. Peter Brab...
22 Apr, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Europe faces dire economic prospects amid monumental challengesEurope's economy faces sluggish growth, projected at 0.9% annually through 2039, hampered by challenges like the war in Ukraine, competitio...
13 Dec, 2024, 01.59 PM IST
Georgieva's future at helm of IMF still unclear after marathon board meetingThe IMF said the board had made "significant progress" in its review of the World Bank data-rigging scandal, but agreed to request "more cl...
09 Oct, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Paul Volcker was the first monetary rockstarVolcker left 2 major legacies: one that benefits Fed chiefs & another that central bankers have sought to dismantle.
10 Dec, 2019, 06.22 AM IST
UK Parliament panel seeks backing for an Indian IMF chiefAn influential British parliamentary panel has written to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office to engage with New Delhi to try and seek o...
19 Jul, 2019, 10.08 PM IST
Trump calls "loco" Federal Reserve "too aggressive""I'm paying interest at a high rate because of our Fed. And I'd like our Fed not to be so aggressive because I think they're making a big m...
11 Oct, 2018, 11.49 PM IST
- The next World Bank president must be from the developing world
The world has lived too long with the US diktat that the Bank can select any president as long as he is American!
20 Feb, 2012, 02.27 AM IST
- World Bank president Zoellick decides to step down
World Bank President Robert Zoellick has announced to step down from at the end of his five-year-term in June.
16 Feb, 2012, 11.46 AM IST
- UK, Germany endorse Lagarde as new IMF head
Lagarde has emerged as a front-runner to replace Strauss-Kahn, also of France, who resigned this week to face charges that he tried to rape...
23 May, 2011, 07.05 AM IST