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Lagarde Faces Call From Merkel Ally to Reverse ECB Policy Course

Christine Lagarde at the ECB building in Frankfurt on Nov. 4.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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By Arne Delfs

November 5, 2019 at 12:47 PM UTC

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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, on her second day in the job, is already facing a German political challenge to her institution’s ultra-loose monetary policy.