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PBoC favours London as offshore RMB hub, says leading Chinese banker
The Chinese government and central bank 'think very highly' of London, says top Chinese banker who predicts the City will play a key role in renminbi internationalisation
New York's Dudley advocates BoE approach to QE exit
New York Fed's William Dudley wants to get off zero lower bound before ending reinvestments in QE assets, the approach favoured by the Bank of England's Mark Carney
Bush adviser appointed to Bank of England MPC
Kristin Forbes second woman to be appointed to the all-male committee of nine in two months; former member cautions over lack of labour economics experience on MPC
Carney says UK's 3% growth is not ‘escape velocity'
Bank of England governor suggests rates likely to remain at current levels for another year or until recovery is underpinned by productivity pick-up and real wage growth
Risk of dealers exiting from market-making 'much reduced', says BoE's Cunliffe
Bank of England deputy governor for financial stability says prospective UK leverage ratio framework 'could include power to vary ratio to counter macro-prudential risks'
A new wave for polymer banknotes
Does the Bank of England’s move to introduce substrate banknotes represent a ‘tipping point’ for polymer currency? By Tristan Carlyle.
Kohn compares UK and US macro-prudential experience
The former Fed vice-chair and member of the BoE's financial policy committee says any arrangement needs central bank in 'major role'
BoE's new international head among senior appointments expected this month
The Bank of England has three weeks to fill seven senior positions as part of a structural overhaul that goes live on June 1
Book notes: Saving the City: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914
A fascinating, brilliant and superbly researched analysis of these events and the lessons they have for us.
BoE paper emphasises uncertainty over risk to argue for simpler regulation
Misguided ‘quest for ever-greater precision' in bank regulation is creating ‘ever-lengthening regulatory rulebooks' that are hard to communicate and bad at predicting outcomes
Central bankers give mixed review of BoE forward guidance
One third of respondents to CentralBanking.com poll say the Bank of England’s second phase of forward guidance is an admission that its first attempt was a failure
BoE's Cunliffe warns of 'sustained and powerful pressure' on UK house prices
Deputy governor for financial stability says it would be 'dangerous to ignore momentum in housing market' and cautions that new prudential measures have yet to be tested
BoE's Haldane says time is right to review MPC schedule
Bank's head of financial stability and soon-to-be chief economist says his views on financial and regulatory matters ‘aren't going to disappear'
Bank of England launches review of MPC transcripts policy
Bank of England commissions former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to review practice of destroying records and assess the costs and benefits of publishing meeting transcripts
UK and Dutch central banks set out capital plans
The Bank of England finalises plans to implement CRD IV after public consultation; Netherlands Bank looks to impose additional capital buffer on four systemic banks
Regulators reveal details of EU and UK stress tests
European Banking Authority and Bank of England set out the scenarios they will use in their respective stress tests later this year; ECB sets deadline for meeting capital shortfalls
Former BoE staff clash over reserves accounting in Central Banking debate
Central Banking On Air debate panellists Charles Goodhart and Tim Young clash over the relevance of mark-to-market accounting for central bank reserves
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Time for central banks to play politics
Central bankers need to use the breathing space created by their extraordinary policies to lobby for deeper reform
Bank of England and ECB in joint call to put ABS back in play
European Central Bank and Bank of England promise more thorough treatment of how to reverse asset-backed securities market decline - which could allow ECB to undertake QE
BoE adds ECA-backed loans as acceptable collateral
Loans guaranteed by UK export credit agency UKEF will be accepted under the Bank of England's Sterling Monetary Framework, with a haircut
BoE's Haldane says asset managers the 'next frontier' for macro-pru policy
Bank of England's head of financial stability says macro-prudential action may be justified 'even when leverage is not present and banks are not at the scene of the crime'
Bank of England puts 19th century minutes online
Newly released archival material reveals daring exploits of staff during WW1; the battle to stem an epidemic of counterfeiting in the 18th and 19th century; and more
Buy-side firms seek greater voice on BoE FX committee
Large buy-side firms keen to take a more active role on FXJSC after allegations dealers manipulated foreign exchange benchmarks
Bank of England paper estimates effects of monetary policy
A new approach outlined in a Bank of England working paper avoids three major pitfalls in estimating monetary policy's effect on growth and inflation