Francine Lacqua

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Curtain Raiser Speech Ahead Of The Spring Meetings Of The International Monetary Fund And World Bank

IMF Chief Warns Hasty Central-Bank Action Could Suffocate Growth

April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

IMF Chief Warns Hasty Central-Bank Action Could Suffocate Growth

Curtain Raiser Speech Ahead Of The Spring Meetings Of The International Monetary Fund And World Bank

April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

Nagel Says ECB April Hike Not Excluded as Iran Situation Opaque

Federal Reserve Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

BOE’s Greene Says Traders Were Right to Trim Rate Hike Bets

Bank Of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Megan Greene Interview

April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Lagarde Welcomes New Hungarian Leader’s Plan to Join Euro

ECB President Christine LaGarde Interview

April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Lagarde, Worried About AI, Lauds Anthropic’s Approach on Mythos

ECB President Christine LaGarde Interview

April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Shell CEO Sawan Says It’s Unhealthy to Take Emotion Out of Decision-Making

“You can take emotions out of decisions, but I don’t think it’s healthy,” the oil executive says.

Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan Interview

April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Lagarde Says Early ECB Exit No Option With Clouds on Horizon

ECB President Christine LaGarde Interview

April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Lagarde Says Europe’s Economy Has Slipped Below ECB Baseline

Christine Lagarde on April 14.

March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026

HSBC CEO Elhedery’s 4-Step Plan for Dismantling a Bureaucracy

Structure and oversight matter, of course. But at many big banks, the real challenge isn’t risk — it’s navigating (and simplifying) the maze.

HSBC Holdings Plc's Senior Bankers Hid Behind Co-Head Roles, CEO Georges Elhedery Says

March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026

ECB’s Makhlouf Says April Hike Possible If Data Signal Need

Key Speakers At Central Bank of Ireland Financial Systems Conference

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

BofA’s Hartnett Says Consumer Stocks Best Bet as S&P 500 Wavers

Tech Selloff Weighs On US Stocks As Silver Plunges

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

Europe Urged by Nobel Prize Winner to Stop Technological Decline

Philippe Aghion

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

Amundi Says Markets Now See Iran War Last Months, Not Weeks

Vincent Mortier

March 17, 2026

March 17, 2026

Europe Stands Up to Donald Trump Threats Over Iran War Support

U.S. And Israel Wage War Against Iran

March 17, 2026

March 17, 2026

Melinda French Gates’s 48-Hour Rule for Giving Feedback, and Other Leadership Lessons

On the “Leaders with Francine Lacqua” podcast debut, the philanthropist spoke about her early influences and what she learned later on about leading.

Pivotal Ventures Founder Melinda French Gates Interview

March 17, 2026

March 17, 2026

Greece Is Preparing Social Media Ban for Children Under 15

Teenagers using mobile phones.

March 17, 2026

March 17, 2026

Mitsotakis Says Europe Won’t Join Military Efforts Near Iran

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis At Athens Energy Conference

March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

Finland’s Stubb Cautions NATO Allies to Heed Trump’s Hormuz Call

Finland's President Alexander Stubb Interview

March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

Private Credit Strain Is a ‘Healthy Cleanup’, BofA’s Mensah Says

Bernard Mensah on March 16.

March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

Ireland’s Harris Says Europe Must Accelerate Energy Independence

Ireland's Finance Minister Simon Harris Interview