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5 May 22
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has hinted that further interest rate rises are on the horizon, after it hiked borrowing rates for the fourth consecutive meeting.
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17 Mar 22
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third month running – to 0.75% – in an attempt to tame soaring inflation.
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23 Feb 22
The Bank of England is set for only modest interest rate tightening in the coming months to deal with high inflation fuelled by supply chain backlogs, according to a senior official.
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11 Feb 22
Central banks seem set on tightening monetary policy - but will increased interest rates have the desired impact, asks Nick Keeling?
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16 Dec 21
The Bank of England has raised the cost of borrowing for the first time since the onset of Covid-19 despite fears of the Omicron variant slowing the economy, citing worries about inflation.
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10 Nov 21
The Treasury and Bank of England will consult on the benefits of a digital currency in 2022, the next step towards issuing digital money.
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4 Nov 21
The Bank of England’s base rate will remain at its all-time low of 0.1% after the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold fire on an increase – despite predicting inflation will reach 5% next Spring.
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28 Oct 21
There is no need for the Bank of England to put its foot on the brakes of recovery by increasing interest rates, says Mark Pickering.
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8 Oct 21
Heightened inflation caused by global supply chain issues and labour shortages could continue into the middle of next year, according to the Bank of England’s new chief economist.
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6 Oct 21
With New Zealand’s central bank raising interest rates this week, what are the prospects for a UK hike? PF talks to the experts.
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24 Sep 21
Inflation could run above the Bank of England 2% target going into 2023, as supply shortages led to CPI spiking this year, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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24 Sep 21
With increasing influence over economic policy, it is no longer acceptable for central banks to veil their decision-making in secrecy.
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2 Sep 21
The Bank of England has named former Goldman Sachs economist Huw Pill as its next chief economist and a member of its Monetary Policy Committee.
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27 Jul 21
It is too early to withdraw extraordinary monetary policy support, despite high inflation and growing employment, a Bank of England official has said.
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17 Jun 21
Bank of England protections are available to help protect local authorities lending to their peers, according to a senior advisor at the bank.
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28 May 21
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to clarify the working relationship between the Bank of England and department throughout Covid-19.
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19 Apr 21
The Treasury and the Bank of England have launched a joint taskforce to explore the potential of a digital currency.
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16 Mar 21
The Bank of England is looking at “new tools” to guide the UK economy out of the crisis caused by Covid-19, according to governor Andrew Bailey.
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5 Feb 21
The Bank of England has written to banks asking them to take measures to prepare for any future decision to cut interest rates below zero later this year.
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25 Jan 21
The Bank of England’s bond purchase programme is creating a “moral hazard” by funding companies which emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, according to a group of MPs.
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14 Jan 21
The Bank of England needs to improve its own understanding of its quantitative easing programme to improve its effectiveness, according to the bank’s internal watchdog.
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5 Nov 20
The Bank of England has announced plans for another £150bn of quantitative easing, as Covid-19 impacts further on the UK’s economic recovery.
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12 Oct 20
The Bank of England has asked UK banks to assess their readiness if interest rates are reduced to zero or below.
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29 Sep 20
The UK is unlikely to see negative interest rates “imminently”, according to David Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking at the Bank of England.
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18 Sep 20
The Bank of England has outlined plans to explore how negative interest rates could be implemented for the first time, to help the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
5 May 22The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has hinted that further interest rate rises are on the horizon, after it hiked borrowing rates for the fourth consecutive meeting.
17 Mar 22The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third month running – to 0.75% – in an attempt to tame soaring inflation.
11 Feb 22Central banks seem set on tightening monetary policy - but will increased interest rates have the desired impact, asks Nick Keeling?
28 Oct 21There is no need for the Bank of England to put its foot on the brakes of recovery by increasing interest rates, says Mark Pickering.
24 Sep 21With increasing influence over economic policy, it is no longer acceptable for central banks to veil their decision-making in secrecy.
