Central banking

BoE: Permanent £39bn annual GDP hit from Covid-19

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18 Nov 20

Monetary policy will attempt to combat long-term scarring to UK GDP from Covid-19 forecast at £40bn a year, according to a deputy governor of the Bank of England.
Central banks try to stimulate economies amid coronavirus crisis

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13 Mar 20

The European Central Bank has deployed stimulus measures in an attempt to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic.
Global trend of falling bond yields sparks recession fears

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16 Aug 19

US bond yields have fallen below 2% for the first time in history, producing an “inverted yield curve”, which can often signal a recession.

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