Bank of England (BoE)
Bank will consider cutting interest on reserves
Mervyn King says Bank of England will “certainly” look into lowering remuneration on reserves held in central bank coffers
IMF plays down quantitative-easing fears
International Monetary Fund says evidence on the effectiveness of Bank of England’s quantitative easing is moderately encouraging
Bank expected to be downbeat on UK outlook
Bank of England rumoured to be bearish on growth and inflation in this week’s Inflation Report
Bank shocks markets with QE extension
Bank of England extends quantitative easing programme to £175 billion as money growth falters
Goodhart calls for negative deposit rate
Former member of Monetary Policy Committee Charles Goodhart wants Bank of England to follow Riksbank’s lead in cutting deposit rate below zero
BoE publishes semi-annual FX survey
Bank of England finds traditional UK foreign-exchange turnover fell by almost a fifth
King’s tribute to Lord George
Bank of England’s Mervyn King honours the memory of former governor Eddie George
Clamp down on too-big-to-fail banks: UK lawmakers
Parliamentary committee sides with Bank of England in conflict with Treasury over reform
Bank unveils commercial paper facility
Bank of England details Secured Commercial Paper Facility aimed at bolstering companies’ working-capital requirements
Bank says Asset Purchase Facility works
Bank of England confident Asset Purchase Facility (APF) helps corporate bond market
Bank stats show quantitative easing having little impact
Broad money measure targeted by Bank of England falls in June despite £125 billion-worth of quantitative easing
Decoupling theory holds, says Bank of England
Bank of England investigates decoupling theory
UK to return to rules-based approach?
Philip Davis, head of economics and finance at Brunel University, says in an OECD paper that UK might need a more rules-based approach to banking regulation
BoE unanimous on July decision
Monetary Policy Committee postpones review of Asset Purchase Programme to next meeting, July minutes show
British PM slams plans to soup up Bank role
Gordon Brown labels Conservative Party proposals to disband FSA and hand supervision to the Bank of England “wrong”
The Tories’ plan for sound banking
Robert Pringle, David Mayes and Michael Taylor, the editors of Central Banking’s Towards a New Framework for Financial Stability, give their reaction to Conservative plans to rebuild UK regulation
Tories would cull the FSA
Tory opposition plans end to UK’s single regulator
UK lending trends
Latest data shows net lending to UK businesses still negative in May
BoE’s Bean confident Treasury would agree to more QE funds
Deputy governor Charlie Bean says Bank of England would “expect” chancellor to allow more funds for quantitative easing
UK inflation sinks below target
British price gauge falls below Bank of England’s target for first time in almost two years
MPC’s Posen queries symmetry of inflation targets
Newest member of Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee cites dangers in undershooting target and questions “mechanistic” monetarist view on quantitative easing
Bank surprise boosts sterling
Bank of England’s decision to hold quantitative easing programme at £125 billion sends pound up against euro and dollar
UK government wards Bank off leaning against wind
Alistair Darling’s long-awaited proposals beef up bank regulation but say the Bank of England should avoid leaning against the wind with rate moves
ECB's Tumpel-Gugerell confident of adding sterling to T2S
Tumpel-Gugerell believes Bank of England can be convinced to participate in pan-European securities-settlement platform