Gordon Brown
Aide warns over euro politics
UK - One of Chancellor Gordon Brown's closest aides has warned against allowing political pressures to influence the government's approach to the euro.
Give Wadhwani a longer run at Bank
FEATURE - Sushil Wadhwani has denied a stock market rumour that he asked Gordon Brown to keep his seat on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee after his three-year term expires in May.
Early euro vote for UK in doubt
UK - Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the UK, Gordon Brown poured cold water yesterday on expectations the British government was leaning toward holding a referendum on joining the European single currency during the current parliament.
Blair and Brown set euro vote timetable
UK - Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have drawn up a timetable for a euro referendum and are preparing to make a judgment, probably next year, about whether to call one, reports the Financial Times in London, 27 June.
Speech by Gordon Brown at the Mansion House
SPEECH - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the UK Treasury has spoken at the 2001 Lord Mayor's Dinner for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London, 20 June.
Chancellor cautious on early UK euro entry
UK - Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a cautious welcome to UK entry to the euro at his mansion house speech on 20 June.
Euro € - Five economic tests have not started yet
UK - Chancellor Gordon Brown has quashed speculation that assessment of the five tests necessary for Britain's entry in the single currency have already begun and narrowly avoided a 'banana skin' during a BBC radio interview on 18 June.
Rebuke for UK chancellors ECB reform calls
UK - Gordon Brown has come under criticism from Ernst Welteke, who was speaking yesterday (29 May), for urging the ECB to improve its openness after just three years of operation.
Brown rejects switching inflation target
In a keynote speech to the International Monetary Fund's international monetary and financialcommittee, attended by 24 finance ministers, UK Chancellor, Gordon Brown, rejected calls for the UK to adopt a 2% inflation target to fit in with the euro-area
UK growth hit by global slowdown
UK - Fears of a sharp slowdown in the British economy have grown after official figures showed output was weaker than expected in the first three months of the year.
Bank of England holds rates at 5.75% for now
The Bank of England left its key interest rate steady at 5.75 percent on Mar 8, declining to cut rates despite a deteriorating global economic outlook.
UK budget should not influence BoE-MPC's Nickell
The fact that the next policy meeting of Britain's central bank comes the day after the annual budget should not prevent its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from altering interest rates, an MPC member has said.
G7 make little progress on debt relief
The Group of Seven rich countries failed to come up with any new ideas on debt relief for poor countries at a meeting on Feb 17, 2001 drawing fire from campaigners who had hoped for progress. In a communique released after their meeting, G7 finance…
BoE's George says may have to pen inflation letter
Bank of England Governor Sir Edward George said on Feb 17, 2001 it was possible inflation in Britain would stray a full point away from its target, meaning he would have to write to the government explaining why. UK inflation currently stands at its…
Diusenberg says UK euro tests are irrevelant
European Central Bank chief Wim Duisenberg today dismissed Gordon Brown's five economic tests for joining the single currency as irrelevant and insisted that Britain would have to join the European exchange rate mechanism for two years before adopting…
IMF warns Brown not to increase spending
The International Monetary Fund's report on the health of the UK economy, published yesterday by the Treasury, warned Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor, that private spending needs to slow down before the economy can accommodate an increase in public…