Bank of England (BoE)
UK rates hit all-time low
In a widely expected move, the Bank of England lowered its policy rate to 1.5%, the lowest in the institution's 300-year history.
Gieve: we need new instruments
Sir John Gieve, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, has admitted that the Bank underestimated the scale of the credit crisis and said the turmoil has demonstrated the need to equip central banks with new policy tools.
Import prices and inflation - BoE working paper
A new paper from the Bank of England analyses the influence of import prices on inflation in the United Kingdom, United States and Japan since the mid-1980s.
UK inflation falls as King writes letter
British inflation fell in November but remains far above the Bank of England's target, obliging Mervyn King, the governor of the central bank, to write another letter explaining why inflation remains so high and what the Bank is doing to bring it down.
BoE survey confirms household squeeze
The results of a survey of household finances, published on Monday by the Bank of England, finds that 71% of British homeowners and tenants have experienced declines in their disposable income in September compared with the same month last year.
IMF's lending framework needs to change
The framework governing the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lending operations is no longer appropriate, says a paper from the Bank of England.
Britons lower inflation expectations
The British public significantly lowered its inflation expectations, the latest Inflation Attitudes Survey from the Bank of England reveals.
Co-movements highlight policy stance
Low-frequency co-movements between inflation and money growth, and short-term interest rates and money growth shed light on a central bank's monetary policy stance, states a paper from the Bank of England.
Bank cuts to historic low
The Bank of England cut interest rates to their lowest level since 1951 on Thursday and stressed that further steps would be needed to prevent a deep recession.
Emerging markets' capital inflows
A new paper from the Bank of England examines the supply of international capital flows to emerging-market economies.
Variety is key to forecasting bank rate
A range of financial instruments are needed to accurately measure expectations of future Bank of England policy rates, research by the Bank finds.
BoE's Gieve: further reductions required
Further reductions in bank rate may be necessary, said Sir John Gieve, the deputy governor responsible for financial stability at the Bank of England.
Bank of England sees deep recession
The Bank of England sharply adjusted its outlook for growth and inflation in the British economy, saying it was "very likely" that the UK was already in a recession that could last until 2010.
Bank shocks with steepest cut for 24 years
The Bank of England on Thursday lopped one-and-a-half basis points off its benchmark rate for the first time since August 1984, confounding expectations of a far less severe move.
Bank to cut by 100 basis points?
The Bank of England will likely cut rates by a full percentage point on Thursday, some leading City of London economists believe.
MPC's Blanchflower calls for aggressive cuts
The Bank of England needs to sharply reduce the cost of borrowing to prevent a "deep and long-lasting recession", said David Blanchflower, an external member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Bank calls for systemic risk re-think
The Bank of England on Tuesday called for a strengthening of cross-border crisis management, criticising the decision by some authorities to offer blanket guarantees on deposits.
King justifies re-capitalisation
With banking conditions at their direst since the beginning of First World War, the British Treasury had to re-capitalise the country's ailing banking sector, said Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England.
Bank appoints new financial stability director
The Bank of England has promoted Andrew Haldane, the head of its systemic risk assessment division, to executive director for financial stability.
The tragic mistakes of the central banks
As the print dries on the European and US bank nationalisation plans and praise is sung for the financial statesmanship behind these, it is important (at least for posterity) to draw attention to the fact that there was an alternative route back to…
Bank reforms money market operations
The Bank of England set out plans for three major reforms of its money market operations, including proposals for two new facilities aimed at alleviating the tensions that have kept prices for interbank loans well above historical norms.
Bank's monetary-policy roundtable
The Bank of England has published a note summarising its first monetary policy roundtable, run jointly with the Centre for Economic Policy Research.