Bank of England (BoE)
Bank signals one more rate rise for 2007
The Bank of England implied on Wednesday 14 February that interest rates will be raised one more time in 2007, to 5.5%.
Financial education: what central banks can achieve
Central banks increasingly realise the importance of educating the public. Drawing on presentations given at recent a conference organised by the National Bank of Poland, Narayan Lakshman looks at how they go about this
BoE's Besley says data 'drip-feed' prompted hike
Bank of England MPC member Timothy Besley said in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday 1 February he was concerned inflation would not fall as quickly as the bank would like.
BoE's Blanchflower downplays 'dove' tag
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member, David Blanchflower, has attempted to downplay the market's view of him as an interest rate dove in an interview with the Guardian published Monday 29 January.
Minutes show BoE split 5-4 on rate increase
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 5-4 in favour of the surprise rate hike on 11 January, minutes of the meeting published Wednesday 24 January showed.
Taking personalities out of monetary policy
The Working Paper 'Taking personalities out of monetary policy decision making? Interactions, heterogeneity and committee decisions in the Bank of England's MPC' from the Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis identifies significant interactions…
Coroner's report on death of BoE's Walton
Former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member David Walton was killed by a rare flesh-eating bug, a coroner's officer report has shown.
UWE paper on monetary policy uncertainty
It is widely believed that institutional arrangements influence the quality of monetary policy outcomes. Judged on its 'transparency' characteristics, therefore the Bank of England should do better than both the Bundesbank and ECB, according to the…
BoE's Sentance on inflation and the UK economy
In the speech 'Inflation and the supply side of the UK economy' given on 16 January Andrew Sentance of the Bank of England warned that the level of domestic demand in the UK needs to restrained in order to bring inflation back to the level targeted by…
Unpredictable Bank fails in mission to be dull
According to this article from Reuters, published Thursday 11 January, the Bank of England is failing miserably in its quest to be boring.
BoE surprises markets with rate rise
The Bank of England unexpectedly raised interest rates by a quarter-point on Thursday 11 January, the third increase since August, saying inflation may accelerate.
BoE committee voted unanimously to hold rates
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold its key repo rate unchanged at a five-year high of 5.00, minutes released Wednesday 20 December showed.
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.
Bank of England Inflation Attitudes Survey, Nov 06
The Bank of England published its November 2006 Inflation Attitudes Survey on Thursday 14 December. UK inflation expectations for the coming year rose to 2.7 pct in November from 2.5 pct in August, the survey found.
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Winter 2006
The Bank of England published its Quarterly Bulletin for Winter 2006 on Monday 11 December. The latest issue includes the article an article which examines the available data on immigration to the United Kingdom.
BoE to launch credit conditions survey
The Bank of England announced Monday 11 December it will launch a quarterly survey of credit conditions in the UK covering mortgage lending, unsecured lending to households and corporate lending.
The systemic importance of payments systems
Central banks are increasingly aware of the importance of payments systems to the maintenance of financial stability, the authors of this working paper find.
UK rates have peaked - OECD
British interest rates are likely to have hit their peak according to the OECD's latest Economic Report, released on 28 November.
UK's Lomax a surprise dissenter in rate decision
Rachel Lomax, a deputy governor at the Bank of England, was a surprise dissenter at the rate-setting meeting in November, minutes released on Tuesday showed.
How independent should a central bank be?
According to this article by William Keegan at The Observer, published Tuesday 21 November, as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown wouldn't dare to tamper seriously with the system at the Bank of England for which he has received so much praise.
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winner, 1912-2006
Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize winner, and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, died in San Francisco on Thursday 16 November, aged 94.
BoE's Gieve says hedge funds pose stability risks
Bank of England deputy governor John Gieve has warned that hedge fund activity does pose short term risks to financial stability.
Bank of England Inflation Report, November 2006
The Bank of England published its November 2006 Inflation Report on 15 November. At a press conference BoE governor Mervyn King highlighted that the central bank's latest forecast of easing inflationary pressures is a 'benign' one.
Bank of England moves rates higher as expected
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted Thursday 9 November to raise UK interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 5.0%.