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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), cautioned against viewing monetary policy as a fix for sovereign debt issues. This statement served as a subtle rebuke to France’s far-right party’s proposal for the ECB to resume large-scale asset purchases to alleviate debt burdens. Lagarde’s warning underscores the ECB’s commitment to maintaining price stability and signals resistance to using monetary policy for purposes beyond its mandate, particularly to directly address member states’ fiscal challenges. This suggests a potential clash between the ECB’s policy priorities and political agendas advocating for debt monetization.
