European Central Bank President Lagarde: PMI data is a weak signal that conditions for recovery are taking shape.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Framework review is not necessarily important in the short term.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The results of the framework review are most likely to be announced before the end of spring.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The framework review is progressing rapidly.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: (Someone asked about reports that ECB staff do not like Lagarde) The vast majority of staff are happy to work at the ECB.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Don’t pay too much attention to the change in statement wording.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: We need to make further progress in the downward process of inflation before we can be confident that we will achieve the target.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The United States secretly issued an advance warning to Iran in response to a terrorist attack by the extremist organization "Islamic State".

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The hope is that wage growth will be fully absorbed by profits.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: March forecast is "a big message".

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The process of falling inflation is progressing.

Money markets currently expect the ECB to cut interest rates by 138 basis points in 2024, compared with 129 basis points before the rate decision, while the likelihood of a rate cut in April has increased slightly.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Medium-term inflation outlook follows December forecast.

The euro fell 0.3% against the pound to 0.85321, its lowest level since September last year.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde: Observed a slight decrease in advertised job openings.