"Think of a patient which is out of a deep crisis but still on two crutches," Lagarde said.
"You don't want to remove either crutch, the fiscal or the monetary, until the patient can actually walk fine, and to do that means support well into the recovery."
The pound on Tuesday hit a six-week low against the euro and extended losses against the dollar after the announcement of Andrew Haldane's resignation.
It was 0.1% higher to the euro at 86.77 pence, off a six-week low of 87.11 pence after the Haldane announcement.
After the new US administration threw its weight behind a push for a global corporate minimum tax rate last week, Dublin said that how quickly an agreement will be implemented depends on where it comes from and the nature of it.
"If that agreement is led by (US) President Biden, that change could be legislated for by this year and they are working to get an agreement on such a package," Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told a news conference.
The new cells will have the same total annual production capacity - of 1.4 million tonnes of aluminium. These four smelters in total produced 2.7 million tonnes of aluminium in 2020, or 71% of the company's output.
The 10-year project will start this year, and investments, which the Hong Kong-listed Rusal is yet to disclose, will peak in 2022-2027.
The photo-sharing site, which is owned by Facebook Inc , said this latest test came after seeing mixed responses to its experiments in which it removed likes, commonly used as a measure of popularity.
Users in the Instagram test will still be able to privately see their own like count. The test will involve a small percentage of global users, but the company declined to say how many.
"These risks, should they materialise, could drive headline above the 4.5% target midpoint and possibly dislodge inflation expectations away from the midpoint," the bank said in its bi-annual Monetary Policy Review (MPR).
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) targets consumer price inflation of between 3% and 6%, and the rate stood at 2.9% in February.
Crude inventories fell by 5.9 million barrels in the week to April 9 to 492.4 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 2.9 million-barrel drop.
Oil prices rallied on the report. US crude futures were up $2.50 a barrel, or 4.1%, at $62.68 a barrel, while Brent rose 4% to $66.17 a barrel.
"Until the bond market gets the heebie-jeebies over the inflation fears again I think the long dollar position remains under assault," he said.
Treasury yields have also fallen this week after the Treasury Department saw solid demand for new sales of three-, 10- and 30-year debt on Monday and Tuesday.
Brent crude futures rose $1.01, or 1.59%, to $64.68 a barrel.
Saudi Arabia's benchmark index reversed earlier losses to close 0.1% higher, supported by a 0.8% increase in Al Rajhi Bank and a 2% rise in Riyad Bank.
Sony has finally unveiled two new smartphones: Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III.
Sony Xperia 1 III is the more premium offering with its slightly taller and heavier design, whereas Xperia 5 III provides the same experience in a more compact design.
CBOT wheat gained overnight, boosted by strength in corn and soybeans as concerns over dryness in Europe and US spring wheat planting regions continue to provide support.
CBOT's most-active wheat contract climbed above its 100-day moving average overnight, nearing its 50-day moving average of $6.40.
The license, effective as of April 6, allows Fitch to provide credit ratings for "onshore" entities listed in SCA-controlled stock exchanges, including the Dubai Financial Market and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Fitch said in a statement.
The move would leave the Seychelles government as the sole shareholder of Air Seychelles as the Abu Dhabi carrier further unwinds its failed strategy of investing in other airlines.
"It's been formalised as we speak. It's happening right now," said Althius, a former Etihad executive, during an online event by aviation consultancy CAPA.
The automaker said its BlueCruise technology will be offered on its 2021 model year F-150 pickup trucks and the Mustang Mach-E electric crossovers equipped with its Co-Pilot360 driver assistance package.
Rivals General Motors Co and Tesla Inc also offer similar driving assistance technologies called the 'Super Cruise' and 'Autopilot', respectively.
The bank said it had been forced to sell dollars in recent months to prevent inflation, which has already reached 84%, from spiralling as high as 275%, and the remaining reserves needed to be protected.
The Central Bank said the government should act quickly because of "the danger of the situation and the economic and social impact of any delay."
But the number was lower than the more than 50,000 workers the company hired around the same time last year, which was nearly double its normal hiring rate, to support a surge in sales at its stores at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns.
The discount retailer said in a statement on Wednesday that it would host hiring events from this month to fill positions in its stores, distribution centers and corporate offices.
Retail sales rose 2.3% year on year in February following a revised 3.7% contraction in January. On a monthly basis sales were up 6.9%, but were down 0.9% and in the three months since December.
The food and beverages category showed the biggest turnaround, expanding 8% after contracting a 32.3% contraction in January.
The company won large deals worth a total of $2.1 billion in the quarter and added 130 clients, up from 84 additions in the same period last year.
Infosys posted consolidated net profit of 50.76 billion rupees ($675.39 million) in the three months to March 31, up from 43.21 billion rupees a year earlier.
The fourth-largest US lender said profit rose to $4.74 billion, or $1.05 per share, in the three months ended March, from $653 million, or 1 penny per share, a year earlier.
Since then, an ultra-loose monetary policy, trillions in stimulus support and an accelerated vaccination program have largely put the world's largest economy on a more solid footing.
The bank sold dollars on the 150-day forward markets at 435.81 naira, traders said, near the low on the over-the-counter spot market. It offered the dollar at 410 naira for spot.
The non-deliverable forwards market quoted the naira at 434 to the US dollar in six months' time.
Overall investment banking revenue rose 73% to $3.77 billion, its highest since 2010, while equities trading surged 68% as a jump in trading by ordinary investors fed stock market volatility.
Global investment banking fee hit an all-time record of $39.4 billion during the March quarter, according to Refinitiv data.
Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 1% at $2,315 a tonne.
Aluminium, which is used in transport, packaging and construction, earlier touched its highest since June 2018 at $2,323.50 to stand more than 15% up from the start of this year.
"Economic recovery is proceeding and is stronger than was projected," the bank said in a statement. The economy contracted 1.1% last year, better than a forecast of -2%.
Some of Uganda's tight anti-coronavirus measures -- a night- time curfew, bar and partial school closures -- remain, keeping a lid on economic activity in those sectors.
Satoshi Tsunakawa, who led the company before Kurumatani and until Wednesday was chairman, will once again assume the helm.
The offer sparked a strong backlash from Toshiba managers, prompting them to lobby against it to the government, said one of the sources. The sources declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.
It cited Alice Cheng, an executive at the science park administration, as saying that most companies there have backup systems in the event of power failure.
The operations of TSMC, whose clients include Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc, are being closely watched by its customers and investors due to a global shortage of chips for everything from cars to washing machines.
Net income rose to $14.3 billion, or $4.50 per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from $2.9 billion, or 78 cents per share, a year earlier. During the quarter, JPMorgan released reserves of $5.2 billion.
Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's premier investment bank, is expected to report results later on Wednesday, followed by Wells Fargo.
Bengaluru-based Infosys said its consolidated net profit climbed to 50.76 billion Indian rupees ($675.39 million) in the three months to March 31, from 43.21 billion rupees a year earlier.
Revenue for the quarter rose to 263.11 billion rupees from 232.67 billion rupees.
Euro zone bond yields, which had been rising in line with US Treasury yields on hopes for a strong economic recovery later this year and increased inflation, dropped 1-3 basis points.
"The global picture is that the manufacturing sector is in rude health and is the sector that is leading the recovery, so perhaps there's a bit of a reaction to that," said ING rates strategist Antoine Bouvet.
Judges said the Finnair state loan guarantee was necessary in order to remedy the serious disturbance in the Finnish economy in view of the importance of the carrier for that economy.
Hammad said that the Pakistani diaspora in Saudi Arabia is a great asset for the country, and the government has taken initiatives such as Roshan Digital Accounts to facilitate non-resident Pakistanis for making investment in Pakistan.
The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.79%, the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 1.4% and Shanghai's tech-focused STAR50 index was up 0.84%?.
In contrast to the brighter domestic outlook, Qantas has grounded its international fleet until at least Oct. 31, with the exception of travel to New Zealand as part of a two-way bubble starting on April 19.
Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.4% to $2,303 a tonne, having hit $2,313.50 a tonne, its highest since June 2018, earlier in the session.
Financed largely by debt, Norwegian Air grew rapidly, serving routes across Europe and flying to North and South America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East before the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the airline into crisis.
In April, it issued draft rules imposing additional capital adequacy, leverage ratio, and liquidity management requirements on major banks deemed important to the financial system.
"Refineries in the main importing regions of Quebec and Atlantic Canada have been slower to recover from the pandemic impacts compared to refineries in the rest of Canada," the CER said in its analysis.
The European Central Bank should spell out its tolerance for overshooting its inflation target, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday.
"Consumers are in a sweet spot at the moment. The labour market is strong, accumulated savings are elevated and it appears households are resilient to a slow vaccine rollout," said CBA economist Belinda Allen.
The ECB is working on creating an electronic form of cash to complement banknotes and coin but a digital euro is unlikely to be a reality for four to five years at a minimum.