Bank of England (BoE)
BoE's Haldane: pay bankers in CoCos
Bank of England executive director for financial stability Andrew Haldane says contingent capital bonds should be made an element of bankers' pay
Bank’s Sentance warns of misjudging spare capacity
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee external member Andrew Sentance warns of difficulty in measuring spare capacity
BoE rate-setters split four ways once more
Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee minutes shows three members continued to vote for rate hikes despite downward revision in fourth quarter of 2010 growth figures
Bank’s Cleland: £5 note replenishing scheme “on track”
Bank of England head of banknotes division Victoria Cleland says £5 note replenishing scheme was on schedule but may need to be stepped up
QE helped boost broad money growth: BoE paper
Bank of England Q1 2011 Quarterly Bulletin says quantitative easing programme helped revive broad money growth during recession
BoE on China’s growth path
Bank of England study says China may prefer a slower path of adjustment than deficit countries to rebalance global economy
Bank’s Bailey stresses importance of forward-looking approach to regulation
Bank of England executive director of banking services, Andrew Bailey, says regulation should be more forward-looking
UK inflation expectations rise
Bank of England survey on public attitudes to inflation show rise in inflation expectations
Lawmakers grill BoE’s court over stability mandate
UK Treasury Committee query whether Bank of England’s Court of Directors is up to the task of monitoring the activities of the Financial Policy Committee
BoE governing body member 'uncomfortable' with King fiscal comments
Bank of England’s Court of Directors member and head of Trades Union Congress Brendan Barber says he is uncomfortable about comments made by governor Mervyn King on fiscal policy
Bank’s King calls for grand bargain to tackle global imbalances
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says G-20 countries must reach agreement on path to rebalance global economy; says G-20 could metamorphose into IMF governing body
Bank of England - Payment Systems Oversight Report (March 2011)
Bank of England’s March 2011 Payment Systems Oversight Report says further steps could be taken to reduce risks in UK payment systems
Goldman economist to replace Sentance on Bank’s MPC
Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne names Goldman Sachs’ Ben Broadbent as new member of Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
ECB rejects temporary price pressures argument; signals tightening
European Central Bank’s hawkish Thursday announcement shows a different interpretation of commodity price pressures, second-round effects, to Bank of England and Fed
What central bankers can learn from the school of science
It is not only science's methods, but its desire to de-mystify that should be aped, Claire Jones writes
Ex FSA chair quits as head of LSE
Former Financial Services Authority chairman Sir Howard Davies steps down as director of London School of Economics over university’s financial links to Libyan Gaddafi regime
UK lawmakers launch inquiry into BoE’s accountability
Influential parliamentary committee calls for views on the impact of regulatory change on Bank of England; changes will see Bank’s ambit expanded
Map of global banking network shows climb in contagion since late 1980s
Bank of England paper uses BIS banking stats to show potential for cross-border contagion has been rising for past two decades, reaching its apogee at the time of the Lehman Brothers’ collapse
Efficient markets’ failure hamstrung central banks: CentralBanking.com panel
Reliance on efficient markets hypothesis to develop policy frameworks must be reversed, LSE’s Brandon Davies and Fathom director Danny Gabay argue
Bank’s Sentance lists reasons for rate hike
Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance stresses importance of gradual rise in interest rates
King warns of delay in switch to new regulatory regime
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says correct implementation of regulatory reforms takes precedence over achieving deadlines
Bank won’t hike rates as gesture to market: King
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says use of interest rate to signal Bank’s intention to curb inflation would be self-defeating
Commentators split on Bank justification for high inflation
CentralBanking.com web panellists divided on whether Bank of England is acting within remit in accommodating persistently above target price pressures
BoE forecasts at odds with public view: BIS paper
Bank for International Settlements study finds substantial disagreement among UK consumers and Bank of England over inflation forecasts