United Kingdom
News release from the Bank of England
NEWS RELEASE - Bank Of England Reduces Interest Rates by 0.50% to 4.0%, 8 November.
Bank of England cuts rates by 0.5%
UK - The Bank of England on Thursday cut Britain's interest rates half a point, taking its key repo rate to a 37-year low of 4.0 percent, in a bid to insulate the country from the threat of global recession.
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe
SPEECH - Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe at a British Bankers' Association Conference, London on 5 November.
Early euro vote for UK in doubt
UK - Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the UK, Gordon Brown poured cold water yesterday on expectations the British government was leaning toward holding a referendum on joining the European single currency during the current parliament.
Speech by UK Chancellor Gordon Brown
SPEECH - Speech by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to the CBI annual conference dinner in Birmingham, England, 4 November.
The future of online banking
ARTICLE - A letter published in the Financial Times London edition, 31 October, comments on a previous feature the paper reported on the outlook for online banking.
Charles Goodhart appointed to Bank of England post
NEWS RELEASE - Appointment at The Bank of England.
ECB voting reform urgently needed economists claim
UK - The way in which the European Central Bank sets interest rates needs to be reformed urgently in order to prepare for enlargement of the European Union, a group of leading economists said.
All taken in Goodhart
UK - Charles Goodhart, the London School of Economics professor of banking and finance, is to return to the Bank of England at the beginning of next year.
Economists say King should prepare for BoE top job
ARTICLE - Wanted from Spring 2003: a safe pair of hands to steer British monetary policy through economic storms and likely turbulence over European monetary union.
NIESR Quarterly Economic Review
RESEARCH - The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), based in the UK, has published its Quarterly Economic Review, October 2001.
NIESR report - UK to avoid slide into recession
UK - The UK will weather a sharp global slowdown and there is no reason to cut interest rates further, according to a leading think-tank.
UK economy defies world slowdown in Q3
UK - Britain's economy grew at a much faster rate than expected in the third quarter of 2001, defying the global slowdown that has been exacerbated by last month's attacks on the United States, data showed on Friday.
Speech by Kate Barker of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Kate Barker, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England delivered at the Royal Bank of Scotland/ Scottish Economic Society Annual Lecture, Edinburgh on 23 October.
Fourth Bank member alludes to rate cut
UK - Kate Barker last night became the fourth member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee in a week to hint at approval for future interest rate cuts. Her hint came in a speech to bankers and economists in Edinburgh.
Euro campaigners point to inward investment fall
UK - Pro-euro campaigners yesterday claimed that exclusion from the single currency was beginning to hit the economy, with the news that Britain's share of European inward investment projects had fallen sharply to 21 per cent in the first half of this…
FSA 'self-critical' of role in Equitable
UK - An internal investigation by the Financial Services Authority has sharply criticised its own role in the Equitable Life debacle.
Bonds outperform T-notes on ECB monthly report
UK - Bonds marginally outperform T-notes with the 10-year yield spread narrowing to 1 bps as euro debt laps up the ECB's monthly report which highlighted an economic rebound in Europe could be delayed by 11 September attacks on U.S. cities.
Speech by David Clementi of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by David Clementi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England at the APCIMS Annual Conference in London on 19 October.
BoE's Clementi says "clear downside risk" to rates
UK - Bank of England deputy governor David Clementi said on Friday there were "clear downside risks" to UK interest rates due to the slowing world economy, made worse by September's attacks on the United States.
Financial regulator rejects Tory call for probe
UK - The City regulator has rejected Conservative calls for an investigation of the government's role in the collapse of Railtrack, and told MPs if impropriety were proven it would be up to the government to prosecute itself.
Speech by Eddie George, Bank of England Governor
SPEECH - Speech by the Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Edward George, at the Welsh Development Agency/Bank of England Dinner, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 16 October.
Minutes of Bank of England MPC meeting 3-4 October
MINUTES - The Bank of England has published the minutes from its Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 3 and 4 October.
Minutes of Bank of England special MPC meeting
MINUTES - The Bank of England has published the minutes from its special Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on 18 September.