Christine Lagarde: IMFC Statement Statement by Ms Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at the forty-first meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, IMF Virtual meetings, Washington DC, 16 April 2020. * * * The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a truly global challenge. Countries all around the world are having to deal with its severe human and economic consequences.
In the euro area, we have taken decisive action to mitigate the impact of the crisis over recent weeks. However, a global challenge of this nature also needs to be met with global solutions.