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  "id": 17054930,
  "title": "European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign Feb. 7, ahead of term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/european-central-bank-president-christine-lagarde-will-resign-feb-7-17054930",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T11:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261029/european-central-bank-president-christine-lagarde-will-resign-feb-7-ahead-of-term"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank President, will resign on February 7, nine months prior to the conclusion of her eight-year term, according to a statement from the ECB on Thursday. This move paves the way for European leaders to select a successor for the ECB president and other officials whose terms are expiring next year. Early resignation had been speculated as a means to enable EU leaders to choose a successor while French President Emmanuel Macron was still in office, and to prevent the possibility of right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen winning the election and influencing the choice.\n\nLagarde, formerly the head of the International Monetary Fund, assumed her position in 2011, following Mario Draghi.",
  "summary": "FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign Feb. 7, nine months ahead of the end of her 8-year term, the ECB said Thursday. The resignation opens the way for European leaders to choose a successor for the ECB president and other top officials whose terms are ending next year. There had been speculation that Lagarde would leave early to enable EU leaders to…",
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        "published": "2026-10-29T10:12:28.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Christine Lagarde to Step Down as President of European Central Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/christine-lagarde-to-step-down-as-president-of-european-central-bank",
        "published": "2026-10-29T10:50:41.000Z"
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        "title": "Europe’s central bank chief Christine Lagarde to step down nine months early",
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        "published": "2026-10-29T10:56:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde to resign nine months before term ends",
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        "published": "2026-10-29T11:06:38.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Christine Lagarde to step down as European central bank president",
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        "published": "2026-10-29T12:04:51.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Christine Lagarde is resigning as head of the European Central Bank months early",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/christine-lagarde-is-resigning-as-head-of-the-european-central-bank",
        "published": "2026-10-29T12:50:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "ECB chief Lagarde to step down early, triggering succession race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ecb-chief-lagarde-to-step-down-early-triggering-succession-race",
        "published": "2026-10-29T13:11:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "ECB holds rates at 2.5% as Lagarde announces early exit with inflation near double the target",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/ecb-holds-rates-at-2-5-as-lagarde-announces-early-exit-with-inflation",
        "published": "2026-10-29T13:24:45.000Z"
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