Bank of England (BoE)
UK shadow chancellor shifts on bank independence
UK - UK Chancellor Gordon Brown deserves "great credit" for his decision to give the Bank of England independence, Michael Howard has said.
BIS-Central bankers see world economy improving
SWITZERLAND - Top central bankers see the world economy's prospects more positive than they did two months ago and expect key interest rates to rise only once a more broad-based recovery has been firmly established, Bank of England Governor Sir Edward…
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Bank of England Maintains Interest Rates at 4.0%, 7 March.
Bank of Canada Review Winter 2001 - 2002
RESEARCH - The Resolution of International Financial Crises: Private Finance and Public Funds by Andy Haldane, Bank of England and Mark Kruger, Bank of Canada.
London gold auction ends but arguments continue
UK - The UK completed its sale on Tuesday of 400 tons of gold - a $3.5 billion stack almost as big as two London taxis.
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - HM Government Gold Auction Result, 5 March.
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting 6 and 7 February 2002. Released 20 February.
BOE minutes - MPC voted 7-2 to hold repo rate 4.0%
UK - Seven members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the repo rate on hold at 4.0% in February, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
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.
Speech by Eddie George, Bank of England, 19 Feb
SPEECH - In an address to the Euromoney Bond Investors' Congress George said financial markets were exaggerating the degree of monetary tightening that may or may not be on the cards.
BoE's George plays down talk of jump in UK rates
UK - Bank of England Governor Sir Edward George warned financial markets on Tuesday they should not get too carried away with the idea that British interest rates are set to rise sharply this year.
UK to encourage Islamic mortgages
UK - Moves by the UK Treasury and the Bank of England to encourage Islamic mortgages, investments and current accounts in Britain may be under way.
Speech by Eddie George, Bank of England Governor
SPEECH - In the speech made Tuesday evening George said an unexpected jump in the UK's January inflation rate was probably "erratic" and forecast it would be around the Bank's 2.5 percent target in two year's time.
Bank of England Inflation Report - February 2002
REPORT - The Bank of England has published its latest quarterly inflation report for February 2002, 13 February.
Bank may put printing pounds in private hands
UK - Private sector operators may be given the chance to print money under proposals by the Bank of England to jettison its banknote operations.
Place your bets - Eddie George for ECB president
GERMANY - The governor of the Bank of England may be cautious about joining the euro currency club, but he already stands a slim chance of becoming its next president, according to spread betting firm Financial Spreads.
Bank of England keeps UK rates on hold
UK - The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold following its latest rate-setting meeting.
Bank of England - News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Bank of England Maintains Interest Rates at 4.0%, 7 February.
BoE most transparent G7 central bank - economists
UK - The Bank of England is the most transparent central bank among the world's leading economies, according to a new ranking devised by two European economists.
Speech by Eddie George, Bank of England Governor
SPEECH - In the speech George said "With inflationary pressures subdued, monetary policy generally can, for the time being at least, afford to remain reasonably supportive" - although he added that he made "no predictions as to what that may mean for…
Bank of England - News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Financial Sanctions: Afghanistan (Taliban and Usama Bin Laden), 28 January 2002.
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Meeting held on 9 and 10 January 2002. Release date 23 January 2002.
Bank chiefs unanimous on rate freeze
UK - Bank of England gurus in charge of setting interest rates voted unanimously in favour of a rate freeze this month.
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…