Europe faces “serious” risk of disorderly financial market correction: Lagarde

The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, speaks at a press conference following the meeting of the Board of Governors’ Monetary Council in Frankfurt, Germany on March 10, 2022. Daniel Roland / Pool via REUTERS

FRANKFURT, June 20 (Reuters) – The risk of an abrupt correction in Europe’s financial and housing markets is high, said European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday.

“The risks to financial stability have increased markedly since the beginning of this year,” she said in her capacity as chair of the European Systemic Risk Board, the EU’s watchdog for financial risk.

“While the correction in property prices has so far been orderly, the risk of a further and possibly sudden fall in property prices remains serious,” she said.

Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Edited by Alex Richardson

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