Bank of England (BoE)
Speech by Christopher Allsopp of Bank of England
SPEECH - Charles Allsopp said in the speech that maintaining a stable rate of economic growth should be given a clearer role in the policy framework of the European Central Bank and that greater symmetry in inflation targetting had worked well in Britain…
Allsopp - ECB should have stable growth aim
UK - Maintaining a stable rate of economic growth should be given a clearer role in the policy framework of the European Central Bank, a senior Bank of England official said on Wednesday.
Bank of England official: 'Leave pound alone'
UK - A senior Bank of England official has warned against artificially reducing the value of the pound.
Stamp of approval
ARTICLE - So just why has DeAnne Julius, the American former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, taken out dual UK nationality? City types point darkly to a Bank of England connection.
Bank of England in legal action
UK - The Bank of England faces legal action by a mother who returned from maternity leave and was sacked for rejecting changes to its benefits package that made employees worse off, said Unifi, the banking and finance union.
BOE gold auction fifth of six planned auctions
UK - The Bank of England Wednesday auctioned 20.0 metric tons of gold, or 643,200 ounces, at an allotment price of $283.50 per troy ounce.
Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged
UK - Bank of England chiefs have left interest rates on hold at 4%, despite increasing evidence of the strength of the UK economy.
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Bank of England Maintains Interest Rates at 4.0%.
New Bank of England banknote
NEWS RELEASE - New £5 Banknote Design, 18 December 2001.
Bank of England MPC Minutes
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Meeting - 4 & 5 December 2001.
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.