ECB's Lane clears another hurdle on way to board seat

Reuters

Published Mar 06, 2019 01:57PM ET

ECB's Lane clears another hurdle on way to board seat

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's rate-setting Governing Council has no objection to Irish central bank chief Philip Lane joining the bank's executive board when Peter Praet's mandate expires at the end of May, the ECB said in a formal opinion on Wednesday.