Christine Lagarde

Gold prices inch down as markets eye ECB decision; traders remain anxious after virus outbreak in China

Traders remained anxious about the spread of the virus as China gears up to celebrate the Lunar New Year from this weekend, a peak period for travel and gold demand in the region.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Roshni Nadar among world's 100 most powerful women: Forbes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation CEO and Executive Director Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have been named among the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes

Sensex drops 33 points in early trade, Nifty low; IT, auto stocks take a beating amid fresh infusion of funds

Most sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the red with Nifty IT down by 0.9 per cent.

Christine Lagarde resigns as IMF chief, cites more clarity for nomination as European Central Bank president

Christine Lagarde said in a statement her resignation was effective 12 September, opening the way for the IMF to launch the search for her successor

Rupee slips to 69.43 against US dollar amid sustained foreign fund outflows and trade worries

Losses in the domestic equity market and a strengthening dollar against major currencies overseas amid trade worries also weighed on Rupee

Sensex logs fifth straight loss, plummets 324 points as investors continue to weigh US-China trade tiff

The Sensex was mainly dragged by Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries -- shedding as much as 4.60 percent

IMF cautions US-China trade war would hit manufacturing, agricultural jobs; would escalate tit-for-tat tariff battle

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said US gross domestic product would fall by up to 0.6 percent and China’s would fall by up to 1.5 percent.

Global growth outlook 'precarious' amid trade tensions; pauses in rate hikes to help boost activity in H2: Christine Lagarde

She previewed new IMF research showing that rising trade barriers were hurting investment in plant, machinery and job creating projects.

IMF warns of global economic 'storm' as growth undershoots; says Sino-US trade tensions make global impact

Last month, the IMF lowered its global economic growth forecast for this year from 3.7 percent to 3.5 percent.

WEF 2019 summit: Emerging markets have 20% youths without job, education or training, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the whole issue of finding future jobs affects women more than men