Bank of England (BoE)
A league table for central bank hawkishness
Steve Kamin runs the numbers to assess which central banks have raised rates most aggressively
BoE begins work on non-bank emergency backstop
Central bank planning to roll out facility to insurers and pension funds as first step
UK regulators open consultation on diversity and inclusion rules
Authorities would require policies, targets and data collection
BoE publishes terms of reference for Bernanke review
Former Fed chair to provide insights into how to forecast in “significant uncertainty”
BoE presses ahead with contentious insurance reforms
Changes to matching adjustment juggle competing priorities from government, firms and regulator
BoE postpones date for UK banks’ Basel III compliance
PRA says it needs more time to consider feedback on credit risk and output floor proposals
Bank of England pauses for first time since December 2021
MPC votes 5–4 to halt cycle amid slowing inflation and a sluggish economy
People: Former MAS managing director Hu dies
New chair for Kenya central bank’s board; new member of BoE court; and more
Carney derides UK ex-PM’s economic policy
Former BoE governor says cutting taxation does not automatically lead to growth
UK nearing top of rate cycle, Bailey says
MPC member Swati Dhingra says producer prices could herald rapid decline in headline figure
Financial regulators: one, two, maybe a few?
As Jamaica moves to introduce the ‘twin peaks’ approach to financial oversight, Ben Margulies assesses some of the pros and cons
Deep learning models are ‘fragile’, BoE paper finds
Models suffering from “Rashomon effect” need better supervision, authors say
Banknotes: July to September 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
People: July to September 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
BoE study recommends ‘simple and flexible’ CBDC infrastructure
Central bank needs to be wary of firms wielding too much market power, author says
BoE researchers call for more advanced stress-testing techniques
Survey finds “great strides” in modelling but calls for greater complexity and feedback loops
UK debt risks likely to stay below historical peaks – BoE analysis
But firms are increasingly vulnerable to rising interest rates, economists find
BoE prepares to supervise wholesale cash distribution
Law change grants central bank powers to intervene in cash distribution network
BoE’s RTGS system goes down for nearly six hours
Database problem prevented high-value payment system from opening at usual time
BoE paper analyses banks’ forecasting accuracy
Banks with better governance, including more senior women, make better predictions, authors find
BoE enters new phase of data transformation project
Team is now developing options to address challenges identified in phase one
Time to pay policy-makers based on their performance
The remuneration framework for central bankers needs reform amid failures to hit inflation targets, argues David Bholat
BoE raises rate 25bp as ‘mixed’ data clouds outlook
“I don’t think it is time to declare it is all over,” Bailey says
Bernanke to lead BoE review of inflation forecasting
Former Federal Reserve chair will work with Bank of England officials