Brussels2 veterans remain to replace Lagarde at the European Central Bank.
The winner inherits rate rises, French bond stress and two departing board members.
If France takes the chief economist job, Knot is likelier president, and de Cos if Germany does, economists say.
Jefferies analyst Modupe Adegbembo expects no material policy change from the new president alone.
The Eurogroup takes stock of the candidacies on 9 November, and EU leaders choose weeks later.
How each outlet framed it
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- Bloomberg Business
- Reuters
- frames both nominees as continuity picks and stresses that the ECB is raising rates while debt worries could pull it into markets
Sources: Bloomberg Business, Reuters