Mervyn King
BoE’s mandate may be too broad, warns Mervyn King
Former governor chats with Paul Tucker on independence and central banks’ optimal remit
Book notes: We need to talk about inflation, by Stephen King
A short, sensible book that highlights key issues – and might make a good, belated Christmas gift!
Parliamentary committee calls for BoE governance reforms
Report urges simpler mandate, greater “diversity of thought” and regular reviews
BoE may have ‘too much to do’, experts warn
Secondary remits may be diverting attention from key tasks, House of Lords committee hears
BoE launches design phase of ‘digital pound’ project
UK likely to issue central bank digital currency as anchor for monetary sovereignty
Wanted: radical ideas for inflation modelling
Hedge funds echo Mervyn King’s calls for a new approach to inflation modelling post-2022 crisis
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
The Nobel Prize-winning economist discusses the flaws in mainstream models and how to repair them, whether central banks went wrong in 2021, and what to do – or not 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
The LSE and BoE veteran economist has his own ‘law’, and played a key role in the establishment of monetary policy in the UK, Hong Kong’s peg and the ‘New Zealand model’, which influenced a generation of central bankers
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 have to confront uncertainty, which is precisely the point of this wonderful book