Central Banks

ECB’s Lane Is Meant to Lead Policy But Keeps Losing the Argument

  • Hawkish hike demands shape proposals it’s his job to make
  • Once the official for markets to watch, that’s less so now
Philip LanePhotographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane has spent much of this year losing the argument over rapid interest-rate hikes that his colleagues have demanded, and he might need to get used to it.