On Monday 2 December, during her first monetary dialogue in the European Parliament, the new President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, asked MEPs to bear with her as she gears up for her new role.
In addition to the observed slowdown in growth, which is weighing on inflation, Mrs Lagarde specifically mentioned the forthcoming strategy review of monetary policy that the Frankfurt Institute will start, 16 years after the last review. While she refused to venture into the scope...