European Central Bank speakers on Wednesday include de Guindos, Lane and Buch

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• Chairing of Session 5 by ECB board member Luis de Guindos at joint conference of the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and IMF Economic Review “Global Challenges and Channels for Fiscal and Monetary Policy” in Frankfurt, Germany

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• Participation by ECB board member Philip Lane in policy panel “The global ‘new normal’: fragmentation, tensions, and uncertainty” at that European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and IMF Economic Review noted above

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• Online conversation by ECB board member Claudia Buch with Nicolas Véron at Financial statements series organised by the Peterson Institute for International Economics

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.