United Kingdom
Fake it ’til you break it: the battle against disinformation
Transparency, beefed-up comms and AI are all being enlisted in central banks’ fight against falsehood
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
BIS aims for open data across borders with Project Aperta
Innovation Hub’s latest project seeks to link up national open-finance schemes
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
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
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
BoE’s revised Basel III plans will be ‘welcomed by industry’
Banks will breathe “sigh of relief” over less stringent proposals, say experts
BoE and bond vigilantes ‘not responsible for 2022 gilts crisis’
Ex-bank official rejects former PM’s claims that LDIs were primary cause of yield spike
BoE calls for wider research into operational resilience
Most studies have focused on cyber attacks, though UK has been hit by varying types of incidents
Bailey highlights key challenges to central banking orthodoxy
BoE governor says focus on financial stability remains key during “Covid-Ukraine era”
Greedflation, if it ever existed, is correcting itself
Steve Kamin constructs a “wage gap” to assess inflationary pressures in the US
Public sector pay rises ‘will not drive UK inflation’
Former BoE deputy governor says wage agreements’ impact on private sector prices is likely to be limited
UK CPI up less than expected as services inflation falls
Figures may help allay concerns over persistent wage pressures