Mervyn King
Alan Budd: 1937–2023
Economist played key role in establishing BoE’s inflation-targeting framework

BoE not briefed on disastrous ‘mini-budget’, Bailey says
Governor says absence of independent assessment of tax package made it very hard to assess

Joseph Stiglitz on the challenge of fixing macroeconomics
Nobel Prize-winner discusses if central banks went wrong in 2021 and what to do about inflation

BoE’s Bailey hits back at monetary policy critics
Facts “simply do not support” argument that central bank was too slow, governor says
Mervyn King says central banks made ‘serious errors’ on inflation
Former BoE governor says UK should raise rates further to curb spiralling prices
Lifetime achievement: Stanley Fischer
Fischer has had a profound impact on monetary economics and central banking during his prolific career
Mervyn King attacks central bank theories of inflation
Expectations are “too fragile” to serve as an anchor for inflation, former BoE governor says
The ‘golden age’ of central banking has passed
Central banks face multi-faceted challenges and weakened autonomy amid highly polarised inflation expectations
UK politicians criticise BoE over handling of QE
Critical report comes as BoE MPC member suggests asset purchases may need to be halted early
Chief economist Haldane to leave BoE
Influential thinker on regulation and monetary policy leaves UK central bank to lead think-tank
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Central Banking Awards 2021: second group of winners announced
Lifetime achievement award unveiled, plus awards for transparency, advisory, global markets and more
Lifetime achievement: Charles Goodhart
LSE and BoE veteran has influenced central banking policy practices and frameworks all around the world
Samuel Brittan (1933–2020): A master of his trade
Robert Pringle looks back at the life of Samuel Brittan, the economic journalist and adviser to Central Banking
Book notes: Radical uncertainty, by Mervyn King and John Kay
The one certainty we have faced is that we must confront uncertainty, which is precisely the point of this wonderful book
Cost of Mark Carney’s leaving gifts revealed
Former governor’s gifts appear small in comparison with predecessor Mervyn King
Book notes: The long journey of central bank communication, by Otmar Issing
This book is a “masterly exposition on central bank communication, its evolution and continuing challenges”
King calls for radical shake-up to escape ‘low-growth trap’
Central bank models fail to appreciate demand-side secular stagnation
BIS papers weigh up ongoing risks to global stability
Papers from 2018 AGM include contributions from Forbes, Tucker, Gourinchas and Rey
Zhou on four key decisions that forged the modern-day PBoC
Zhou Xiaochuan shares his insights on central bank leadership in China’s economic reform
A stressful week: saving the UK banking sector
One frenetic week in 2008 led to the formation of the UK’s modern stress-testing approach
Do not assume history will repeat itself – Yellen
In conversation with Mervyn King, Janet Yellen reflects on her four years in office as Fed chair
The optimal size for central bank balance sheets
Charles Goodhart examines role of monetary and fiscal agents
“What would Allan say?”
Central Banking Publications founder Robert Pringle finds pearls of wisdom in his email correspondence with the late Allan Meltzer