Forrest Capie

Bank of England official historian (2004–2010)

Forrest Capie, an emeritus professor of Economic History at the Cass Business School, was the Bank of England’s official historian between 2004 and 2010, and is author of The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979.

Articles by Forrest Capie

Governance

Debts, deficits, central banks and inflation

Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood ask what insights history can provide for central banks and governments managing abrupt, large increases in debt

04 May 2020

Governance

The Bank of England’s missing records

Central banks need to implement robust archiving frameworks, should they want to maintain public trust and learn from the lessons of the past, writes former Bank of England official historian Forrest Capie

04 Sep 2018

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