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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.
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6 Aug 20
The Bank of England will continue to review the potential of negative interest rates, to help stimulate the UK’s economic recovery from Covid-19, it said today.
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21 Jul 20
Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane has suggested negative interest rates could be implemented if further negative shocks are felt in the economy.
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9 Mar 18
British citizens feel they have greater influence over economic decisions made by local authorities than central government, according to a study from a charity.
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4 Aug 17
The Bank of England has downgraded its growth forecast for the UK economy amid Brexit uncertainty.
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4 Aug 16
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to bring forward plans for a public spending reset after the Bank of England cut interest rates to a record low of 0.25% in response to economic concerns...
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24 Nov 15
Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
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27 Oct 14
CIPFA is to examine how councils and other public bodies could make use of Islamic finance as a source of borrowing.
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3 Sep 13
Steve Freer, CIPFA’s chief executive for the past 13 years, weighs up the significance for the public sector, the accountancy profession and the institute of this extraordinarily turbulent period
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30 May 13
After five years of downbeat and depressing press conferences, Sir Mervyn King actually sounded quite chirpy in his last hurrah as Bank of England governor
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27 Jun 12
Sir John Gieve has been there, done that, seen the blood on the carpet. The former Bank of England deputy governor talks to Judy Hirst about lessons from the last financial crash, the eurozone crisis...
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17 Apr 09
Next week’s Budget will take place against the backdrop of a £40bn hole in the public finances.
16 Mar 21The 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.
5 Feb 21The 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.
9 Mar 18British citizens feel they have greater influence over economic decisions made by local authorities than central government, according to a study from a charity.
4 Aug 16Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to bring forward plans for a public spending reset after the Bank of England cut interest rates to a record low of 0.25% in response to economic concerns...
24 Nov 15Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
27 Oct 14CIPFA is to examine how councils and other public bodies could make use of Islamic finance as a source of borrowing.
3 Sep 13Steve Freer, CIPFA’s chief executive for the past 13 years, weighs up the significance for the public sector, the accountancy profession and the institute of this extraordinarily turbulent period
27 Jun 12Sir John Gieve has been there, done that, seen the blood on the carpet. The former Bank of England deputy governor talks to Judy Hirst about lessons from the last financial crash, the eurozone crisis...
17 Apr 09Next week’s Budget will take place against the backdrop of a £40bn hole in the public finances.
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