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ECB’s Lagarde Sends Mixed Signals From the IMF

After bleak warnings from the IMF, Lagarde signaled it’s still unclear what the ECB will do on rates.
ECB President Christine Lagarde during an interview in Washington on Tuesday, April 14.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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I’m Mark Schroers, an economics reporter visiting Washington this week for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Today we’re looking at ECB President Christine Lagarde’s view of the world. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

Tuesday at the IMF kicked off with a series of bleak warnings from the Washington-based lender. With war raging in the Middle East, officials cut their forecast for global growth this year, and outlined a more severe scenario where the world could come close to experiencing a recession.