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Lagarde Marks ECB Policy Debut With Optimistic Note for Economy

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Video player cover image — There are “some signs of initial stabilization in the growth slowdown,” Lagarde said during her opening statement.Source: Bloomberg

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Paul Gordon and

Piotr Skolimowski

December 12, 2019, 1:57 PM UTCUpdated onDecember 12, 2019, 2:31 PM UTC

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Christine Lagarde said the euro zone’s economic slowdown is showing signs of bottoming out, in comments after her first policy meeting as president of the European Central Bank that suggested further interest-rate cuts are unlikely any time soon.