Economics
Lagarde Defends Slower ECB Action as Fed Nears Rate Liftoff
- ECB will act when inflation conditions are met, Lagarde says
- European, U.S. economies moving at different speeds, she says
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President Christine Lagarde reinforced her position that the European Central Bank can’t withdraw pandemic stimulus at the same pace as the Federal Reserve, which is gearing up to raise interest rates in March.