欧洲央行行长拉加德宣布提前离任：2027年2月7日卸任，同日欧央行维持存款利率2.50%不变
欧洲中央银行（ECB）10月29日在法兰克福宣布，行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德（Christine Lagarde）当天已通知欧洲央行管理委员会和欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔（António Costa），她将于2027年2月7日卸任行长一职，比原定任期提前约九个月。
拉加德于2019年11月1日就任欧洲央行行长，任期八年、不可连任，原定于2027年10月31日届满。她此次提前离任，意味着她将在任职七年多后交棒。欧洲央行在声明中表示，管理委员会对拉加德表示感谢，会场向她长时间起立致意。
欧洲理事会主席科斯塔同日表示，为确保欧洲央行领导层平稳过渡，继任者任命程序将即日启动、毫不拖延地推进，目标是由以欧元区构成召开的欧洲理事会及时作出决定。外界普遍看好的继任人选包括荷兰央行前行长克拉斯·克诺特（Klaas Knot）和西班牙央行前行长巴勃罗·埃尔南德斯·德科斯（Pablo Hernández de Cos）。
宣布离任的同一天，欧洲央行举行货币政策会议，决定维持三大关键利率不变：存款便利利率2.50%、主要再融资利率2.65%、边际贷款便利利率2.90%。欧洲央行此前已在今年内两次加息。
欧洲央行在利率声明中表示，能源价格持续上涨，给通胀前景带来上行风险、给增长前景带来下行风险；融资条件自上次会议以来已经收紧，预计将对通胀和增长形成压制。管理委员会重申，将致力于使通胀在中期内稳定在2%的目标水平。
市场对离任消息反应有限：消息公布后欧元小幅走低约0.3%，欧洲股市上涨。分析人士指出，提前离任的时间安排可让现任欧盟领导人在2027年法国总统大选前完成继任者任命。关于拉加德下一步去向，外界有传闻称她可能前往世界经济论坛，但尚无任何官方宣布。
拉加德现年70岁，曾任法国财政部长，2011年至2019年担任国际货币基金组织（IMF）总裁，是出任该职务的首位女性；2019年转任欧洲央行行长后，她带领欧元区货币政策走过疫情时期的宽松、2022年以来的加息周期以及近期的能源价格冲击。
ECB President Christine Lagarde to Step Down Early on February 7, 2027; ECB Holds Deposit Rate at 2.50%
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced in Frankfurt on October 29 that President Christine Lagarde had informed the Governing Council and European Council President António Costa that she will step down on February 7, 2027, about nine months before the end of her term.
Lagarde took office on November 1, 2019, for a non-renewable eight-year term that was scheduled to run until October 31, 2027. Her early departure means she will hand over after just over seven years at the helm. The ECB said the Governing Council thanked her warmly and gave her a long standing ovation.
European Council President Costa said the process to appoint her successor would be initiated the same day and proceed without delay, with a view to a timely decision by the European Council acting in its euro area composition, to ensure a smooth transition. Former Dutch central bank governor Klaas Knot and former Spanish central bank governor Pablo Hernández de Cos are widely seen as frontrunners to succeed her.
On the same day as the resignation announcement, the ECB held its monetary policy meeting and kept its three key interest rates unchanged: the deposit facility rate at 2.50%, the main refinancing operations rate at 2.65%, and the marginal lending facility rate at 2.90%. The ECB has raised rates twice earlier this year.
In its rate statement, the ECB said energy prices have continued to rise, posing upside risks to the inflation outlook and downside risks to the growth outlook, while financing conditions have tightened since the Governing Council's last meeting and are likely to weigh on inflation and growth. The Governing Council reiterated its commitment to ensuring that inflation stabilises at its 2% target in the medium term.
Markets reacted calmly to the resignation news: the euro eased about 0.3% while European shares rose. Analysts noted that the early timing allows current EU leaders to appoint a successor well before France's 2027 presidential election. As for Lagarde's next move, the World Economic Forum has been rumored as a possible destination, but no official appointment has been announced.
Lagarde, 70, served as France's finance minister and, from 2011 to 2019, as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the first woman to hold that post. At the ECB since 2019, she has steered euro-area monetary policy through the pandemic-era easing, the rate-hiking cycle that began in 2022, and the recent energy price shock.
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