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ECB’s Lagarde sticks with ‘good place’ mantra

By Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2026 | 12:38 PM

FRANKFURT, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation and the European ​Central Bank’s interest ‌rate policy remain in a “good place,” ECB President Christine Lagarde said ‌on ​Monday, repeating ⁠her long ⁠standing guidance, which signals that policy change is not being considered.

“I ​very strongly believe that we ⁠are in ⁠that good place,” ​Lagarde told a conference ​in Washington.

“Every step of ‌the way we have to assess whether we are in ⁠that good place that I’m characterizing now, which, ⁠as ‌a result, also ⁠imply that we ​have ‌to be agile ​and ⁠determine whether something needs to be done,” she said.

(Reporting by Balazs KoranyiEditing by Tomasz ​Janowski)