Bank of England (BoE)
Permanent or transitory? Officials wrestle with inflation uncertainty
Bailey warns of possible damage to credibility, but Carstens urges caution amid high uncertainty
BoE ends off-the-record meetings with banks
Change follows concerns about similar practices at other central banks
UK government mulls giving BoE new payment supervision powers
BoE would oversee firms within the broader ‘payment chain’
People: US Senate confirms CFPB head
Israel adds new member to MPC; Swiss deputy governor will undergo heart surgery
BoE report sheds light on Covid market operations
Surge in scale and frequency of operations amid switch to work from home created “issues”
BoE paper links debt and labour supply
Households behave differently depending on their wealth and debt, paper finds
BoE urges public to spend remaining paper banknotes
Paper £20 and £50 will cease to be legal tender next year
Bailey puzzles over UK labour market signals
A lot of people are still out of the labour market, but unemployment remains low
UK looks to boost long-term investing
Working group says action needed to encourage illiquid investing without risking instability
Authorities should consider stress-testing global supply chains – BoE paper
While global supply chains have not changed much, the shocks impacting them have, researchers say
BoE cuts UK growth forecast
Inflation likely to stay above 4% for first half of 2022 amid supply constraints and energy squeeze – MPC
UK’s PRA ‘re-tooling’ for post-Brexit world – Woods
Chief executive says reform efforts complicated by hasty “on-shoring” of EU rules
Foreign vulnerabilities can affect domestic growth – BoE paper
Study of ‘GDP-at-risk’ shows financial factors overseas can lead to worse outcomes locally
BoE’s Hauser mulls future of central bank balance sheets
Balance sheets will be bigger but also more variable, executive director says
BoE permits cloud usage to support ISO 20022 migration
Cloud usage must be “controlled” and not risk wider payments ecosystem, BoE report says
Greening the central bank balance sheet, or not?
Paul Fisher, fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and senior adviser for Oliver Wyman, discusses how central banks can act to contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change, and identifies some worthwhile interventions.
Bank of England names new chief economist
Huw Pill is former ECB official and chief European economist for Goldman Sachs
Some philosophical questions about the future of central banking
Kenneth Rogoff weighs up the many challenges facing central banks in the years ahead, from debt and inflation to negative rates and the dangers of ‘mission creep’
Haldane warns against blind trust in AIs
AI systems should not be used for autonomous supervision, says former BoE chief economist
Fixing market-based finance: duct tape or deep reform?
Central banks are increasingly having to act as market-makers of last resort. But deeper reforms may be needed to avoid stretching their balance sheets to breaking point
Green finance and mispricing: what role for central banks and governments?
Governments and central banks cannot stay on the sidelines if they are to fix market mispricing, says Sayuri Shirai
Central banks split on non-bank access to RTGS systems
Benefits of innovation must be weighed against risks of financial instability
BoE on hold as inflation looks set to soar to 4%
Committee hints at need for “modest tightening” soon, but says asset purchase programme will not unwind until interest rates reach 0.5%
The six key drivers for digital currency
Dave Birch breaks down the forces that are pushing central banks towards CBDC