LAGARDE SPEECH: WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED RATE CUTS AT THIS MEETING

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), explains the ECB's decision to leave the key interest rates unchanged in March and responds to questions from the press.

Key quotes

"We have not discussed rate cuts at this meeting."

"We have just begun discussing the dialing back of our restrictive stance."

"It matters that we have more data in June