Bank of England (BoE)
UK inflation could stay closer to 2% than forecast – BoE deputy
Dave Ramsden presents evidence that disinflation could continue its recent trend
Bank of England cuts policy rate to 4.75%
Policy committee votes by 8–1 to reduce bank rate by 25bp
Portraits on banknotes: a study of the gender gap
Only Australia’s currency has gender parity; overall, less than 10% of portraited banknotes – excluding Elizabeth II – feature female images
Crashing the nth party: how third-party service provider risks compound
Cross-border collaboration may help deal with risks from multiple layers of outsourcing
Three-quarters of UK financial firms use AI – BoE’s Breeden
Deputy governor previews survey result in speech on AI’s financial stability risks
Three plans for digital payments: India, UK, and BIS
Das, Bailey, and Carstens discuss complementary tech, commercial bank innovation, and common platforms
Central banks need to monitor non-bank risks more – Bailey
Governor expects BoE to release results of stress exercises on sector by end of year
How the rate hike cycle emboldened banks’ deposit modelling
But just because depositors didn’t react quickly doesn’t mean it will never happen
UK inflation falls to 1.7%
Surprise drop, driven by falling transport costs, makes additional rate cuts more likely
Policy-makers ‘cannot disregard food price shocks’ – BoE study
Working paper calls on central bankers to pay closer attention to headline inflation when setting rates
M1 vs M0 in an instant payments world
Manmohan Singh explains how measurement of ‘narrow’ money is changing
Lessons learned on macro-pru policies
Macro-prudential tools are proving their worth although use cases vary by country; integration into over-arching policy frameworks remains a challenge
Geopolitics and cyber security remain top systemic risks – BoE
Respondents less worried about UK stability, but international tensions a growing concern
Cloud and AI ‘dramatically improving’ data use at BoE
UK central bank creates cloud-based platform to streamline processing of its 30,000 data series
BoE will need to closely monitor shift to T+1 if it is to succeed – report
UK will move to accelerated settlement by 2027, even if rest of Europe has yet to align
Rate markets had lucky escape from August stock crash, says BoE
FPC minutes suggest spillover might have occurred were it not for positive macroeconomic news
How (not) to review your monetary policy framework
The Fed made some mistakes in its last strategy review. As it prepares to have another go, it could learn from other central banks
BoE’s Greene strikes cautious note on consumption
Monetary policy committee member says UK consumption has been weak, but risks are to the upside
Pricing and funding pressures from BoE's QT hit gilt repo dealers
QT-driven funding cost rises combined with clients’ price demands see at least two banks pull back
BoE keeps policy rate and pace of QT unchanged
Policy-makers back “gradual approach” to lowering interest rates
Rise in UK services inflation curbs bets on BoE rate cut
CPI flat overall, but economists say uptick in core and services numbers likely to make policy-makers pause