Will She or Won’t She? Lagarde’s Next Move

She was the first woman to run for US president! That was in 1872. Two years earlier, she opened the first female-owned ...

ECB launches walking app to tackle women’s financial literacy gap

The ECB is warning that gaps in financial knowledge continue to shape female economic outcomes across the continent.
Central Banking

ECB to promote women’s financial literacy with fitness tracker

The European Central Bank is launching a financial literacy campaign for women based on step-counting. ECB president Christine Lagarde unveiled the programme, named EuroSteps, at an event on March 2 ...

Women in economics have come a long way in a decade

To mark International Women’s Day, it’s worth reflecting how far women in economics have come over the past 10 years. In 2016, American economist Janet Yellen was chair of the Federal Reserve and ...

Transcript: Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 22, 2026

The following is the transcript of the interview with Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 22, 2026.
Wall Street Journal

Christine Lagarde

The European Central Bank intends to scale up its support of the eurozone’s economy in December, seeking to cushion the region from fallout of a new wave of coronavirus infections that threatens the ...