Christine Lagarde

We can now focus on stabilising inflation with policy rates as our primary tool.

The basics have not changed. But what it takes to apply them has changed.

forecasts showing inflation remaining above the ECB’s 2 per cent target without further policy action...

My duty is to accomplish the mission, price stability, and for the moment that is what guides my action.

I have a sense of duty and I believe that when there’s a bit of a storm, the captain remains on deck. So the captain of the European Central Bank is on deck.

I think fair use would consist of an operational loan that would be using cash balances as collaterals.

I think we're yet to feel the pain.

First of all, I would discount a little bit of the positioning at the moment because this is typical of negotiating tactics on both sides.

I see signs that the attraction of the dollar is slightly eroded.

I think we would do exactly the same thing as our colleague Jay Powell does.

I think we would (all) do exactly the same thing as our colleague, Jay Powell, does. The same thing.