The World Economic Forum's annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, top government officials and other elites casting an upbeat tone about economic prospects,

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

President Trump's 'America First' message takes shape, as the rest of the world begins to digest what it might mean for them and global trade.

World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President.

The do-gooders: The Greta Thunbergs of the Davos set. In between speaking engagements, they’re nibbling spirulina and mountain hemp at the Atelier Vert, drinking kombucha and refusing the merch. Probably hiked to Davos.

It’s become something of a cliché for delegates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to quiz each other about “the mood in Davos”. The nearly 3,000 political leaders, executives, financiers, and policymakers who descended on the Swiss mountain resort last week offered differing answers to that theme.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discusses monetary policy at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The comments by Christine Lagarde alluding to a U.S.-EU rift offered ... overshadowing traditional Davos talk about issues like climate change, free trade and economic development.

DAVOS, Switzerland — The European Central ... a focus purely on trans-Atlantic trade figures. The comments by Christine Lagarde alluding to a U.S.-EU rift offered a fitting final note at the ...

As delegates gathered for champagne at a US stock market hub on the Davos Promenade to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a frisson of excitement.

Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from a leading US financier.