Bank of England (BoE)
UK inflation falls to 7.9%
Drop exceeds Reuters poll prediction, but headline rate still almost four times target
BoE stress tests find banks resilient to interest rate risk
Credit impairments drive majority of losses, but all banks pass test
Currency round-up: New yen banknotes to arrive in July 2024
De La Rue outlook brightens; Egypt continues transition to polymer; and more
Inflation expectations unreliable guide to policy – BoE’s Tenreyro
Policy-makers would be “unwise” to use expectations as an intermediate target, MPC member says
BoE proposes ‘Solvency UK’ insurance reforms
Government overruled central bank on tightening a key element of the rules
Policy has not been tight long enough – governors
Hot labour markets boost wages and core inflation, making inflation persistent
A letter to Andrew Bailey
As the Bank of England struggles to bring inflation down, Jagjit Chadha warns the governor not to let markets take control
BoE makes surprise 50bp rate increase
Central bank to review modelling framework after repeated forecast errors
BoE policy-maker flags perils of ‘dynamic leverage’
Market participants need to fully understand the consequences of fund structures, says Jonathan Hall
BoE launches first ‘system-wide’ stress test
Analysis will assess how banks and non-banks interact to amplify shocks
More central clearing could have eased Covid shock – BoE paper
Efficiencies for dealer balance sheets could allow banks to play greater stabilising role, authors say
People: Israel appoints new chief supervisor
IDB appoints chief operating officer; IADI gets new head; and more
Banknotes: April to June 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
People: April to June 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Major central banks set out CBDC policy debates
BIS and central banks discuss major policy issues that still need to be solved
IMF urges caution in UK financial services reforms
Fund says efforts to ease or simplify rules must be “carefully weighed”
BoE adjusting main models after forecast misses
Bailey says policy-makers decided to “aim off” main forecast after repeated errors
BoE raises rates 25bp and ditches UK recession forecast
Central bank predicts inflation will stay higher for longer after MPC splits 7–2 on policy hike
Another financial crisis hiding in plain sight
Steve Kamin analyses how the risks that sank SVB were plain enough to those who looked for them
UK credit stress is rising, BoE official warns
David Bailey says financial firms “need to take action now” to prepare for higher defaults
What economists learned from Covid-19
A rush of work on ‘epi-macro’ yielded breakthroughs and then faded. Will there be lasting benefits?
ECB, BoJ, BoE and SNB reduce Fed dollar liquidity operations
Seven-day operations will decrease from daily to once a week
BoE’s Pill: UK must accept it’s ‘worse off’
Chief economist says declining terms of trade mean purchasing power must fall
BoE’s Broadbent denies money supply is driving inflation
Deputy governor says M4 growth neither driven by QE or particularly linked to inflation