Trust me, Ben, if Mervyn can do it, so can you

This article published Friday 15 December by Bloomberg, compares the Bank of England's communication strategy with the Federal Reserve's. In less than a decade of independence the BoE has leapfrogged the Fed in terms of clarity, it says.

"Did you happen to catch Mervyn King's press conference on 20 November, following the release of the Bank of England's quarterly inflation report? Here's what the BOE governor said: 'Do not parse our press releases in the way you might do with other central banks

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