Bank of England (BoE)
B of E - Financial Stability Review, December 2001
NEWS RELEASE - Bank of England Publishes Financial Stability Review, 13 December 2001.
BOE Dec Minutes - MPC Voted 7-2 To Hold Repo Rate
UK - Seven of the nine members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the repo rate on hold at 4.0% in the Dec. 4-5 meeting, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
Employee relations at the ECB slated as primitive
UK - Most Bank of England staff are unhappy with their working conditions due to changes in the way the bank has been run over the last year, according to a report published today.
Practical issues arising from the euro
RESEARCH - The Bank of England today, Friday, published its semi-annual booklet 'Practical issues arising from the euro' December 2001 issue.
Bank of England News Release
News Release - Bank of England Maintains Interest Rates at 4.0%.
BoE leaves UK rates unchanged at 4 per cent
UK - The Bank of England on Wednesday left its key lending rate steady at a 37-year low of 4.0 percent.
Speech by Alastair Clark of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Remarks by Alastair Clark, Executive Director of the Bank of England at the FBSA Annual Conference 2001 in London on 29 November.
Speech by Ian Plenderleith of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Ian Plenderleith, Executive Director of the Bank of England to the 15th Annual European Finance Convention at The Conrad International Hotel in Brussels on 29 November.
BOE - Delivery/ payment system
UK - Bank of England Executive Director for Financial Market Operations, Ian Plenderleith, said Thursday the new delivery versus payment system for the settlement of securities trade in the U.K. was a success.
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Costs of banking system instability: some empirical evidence by Glenn Hoggarth, Ricardo Reis and Victoria Saporta of the Bank of England.
Economics guru warns on UK recession
UK - The threat of inflation in the UK is greater than the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee thinks, according to one of its nine influential members.
Speech by Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Mervyn King, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England to the annual dinner of the CBI North East Region in Newcastle upon Tyne on 22 November.
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Does it pay to be transparent? International evidence from central bank forecasts by Georgios Chortareas, David Stasavage and Gabriel Stern of the Bank of England.
Bank of England HM government gold auction result
NEWS RELEASE - The Bank of England announces that the gold on offer (approximately 20 tonnes or 643,200 ounces) has been allotted in full at a price of $273.50 per ounce. Details of the result are as follows.
BoE King - UK recession unlikely, more growth seen
UK - A recession in Britain is not the most likely result of the current global economic slowdown and the country should enjoy continued growth, albeit at a slower pace, Bank of England Deputy Governor Mervyn King said on Thursday 22 November in a speech.
Speech by John Townend of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe at the Bank of England at the Institute for International Monetary Affairs Euro Symposium in Tokyo on 16 November.
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes
UK - Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 7 & 8 November 2001.
Euro changeover may affect Sterling exchange rate
JAPAN - The introduction of euro notes and coins may have implications for the euro-sterling exchange rate, according to Bank of England's director for Europe, John Townend who was speaking in Tokyo.
Bank of England minutes refocus minds in markets
UK - The minutes of November's interest rate meeting at the Bank of England released Wednesday suggest that financial markets may have been premature in assuming interest rates won't fall below their current level.
Speech by Sushil Wadhwani, Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Dr Sushil Wadhwani of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England to the Edinburgh University Economics Society in Edinburgh on 21 November.
BoE's Wadhwani sees UK inflation below 2.5% target
UK - Bank of England monetary policy committee member Sushil Wadhwani said he expects UK inflation to stay below the 2.5 pct official target over the next two years.
Plenderleith: 11 Sep shows fin system resilience
UK - Bank of England executive director Ian Plenderleith said Monday that the world financial markets had done a "fantastic job" in withstanding the shocks following the 11 September attacks on the U.S.
The Resolution of International Financial Crises
RESEARCH - Joint paper from the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada. By Andy Haldane of the International Finance Division, Bank of England and Mark Kruger of the International Department, Bank of Canada, November 2001.
Bank of England Inflation Report November 2001
REPORT - The Bank of England has published its inflation report for November 2001.