Central bank independence is being challenged in parts of the world and greater political influence could undermined banks' ability to keep inflation down, risking economic volatility, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act might remove one of the incentives to invest in the US.

Europe must “be prepared” for potential trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that Europe needed to keep its “huge amount” of talent at home and raised the alarm for its leaders to act.

The European Central Bank is "not overly concerned" by the impact of inflation abroad on the bloc, the institution's President Christine Lagarde told CNBC.

In Europe, the working poor subsidize the nonworking poor. Meanwhile, the welfare state is destroying worker productivity and limiting economic growth.

The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, top government officials and other elites casting an upbeat tone about economic prospects,

Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from a leading US financier.

U.S. President Donald Trump's aim to bring home manufacturing by increasing trade barriers is a questionable approach given that the economy is already running near capacity, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe ...

Europe must “be prepared” for potential trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in ...