London | French markets stepped back from a week of turmoil on Monday (Tuesday AEST), as top European Central Bank officials joined resurgent right-wing leader Marine Le Pen in trying to project an aura of calm.
ECB boss Christine Lagarde suggested the central bank was alert but not alarmed about the shake-up in French bond yields and equity prices. And her chief economist, Philip Lane, played down the prospect that France could suffer a Liz Truss-style financial meltdown.
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