Christine Lagarde will move from heading the International Monetary Fund to take over the helm at the European Central Bank from outgoing President Mario Draghi. I think this is a generally positive piece of news. First, putting Lagarde in the chair means that Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann won't take over from Draghi. Weidmann has advocated […]


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