Actualités technologiques et économiques

The looming departure of the European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, has set in motion a high-stakes search for her successor.

Her plan to depart in February, months before the end of an eight-year term, sets in motion a selection process among European leaders for a new central bank president.

Moody’s held the country’s credit rating steady amid political uncertainty and a rise in borrowing costs that have worsened France’s debt situation.