Exclusive: ECB's Lagarde asked euro zone ministers to consider one-off 'coronabonds' issue - officials
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde asked euro zone finance ministers at a videoconference on Tuesday evening to seriously consider a one-off joint debt issue of "coronabonds" to help fight the epidemic, two officials said."She said that we should seriously think about it, next to the use of the ESM (bailout fund) instruments. The Eurogroup did not discuss debt mutualisation at this stage," one official involved in the meeting said.A second official..