United Kingdom
BoE's Weale explains rate-raise vote change
Martin Weale explains decision to vote to hold rates; admonishes low UK savings records and discusses future monetary policy responses
Payments Council lambasted over cheques plan
Treasury Select Committee leaves damning verdict over Payments Council's original decision to abolish system for cheque clearance; says industry-led body should be more heavily regulated in future
PboC adviser calls for urgent reform in the West
People’s Bank of China adviser Li Daokui says Europe and the US must introduce further reforms to address their chronic economic problems
Carney discusses handling of global debt crises
Testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Carney discusses the handling of debt crises in both the US and the eurozone
New policy approaches should ‘stimulate’ risk-taking: BoE’s Haldane
Andrew Haldane uses historical examples to show macroprudential policy, used to stimulate risk-taking, can work
Bank votes unanimously to hold rates
Bank of England minutes show Monetary Policy Committee members Martin Weale and Spencer Dale drop vote to raise rates due to downside risk from euro area
BoE - Agents' Summary of Business Conditions (August 2011)
Bank of England’s August 2011 Agents' Summary of Business Conditions reports continued weakness in consumer spending
King sees severe threat to UK financial markets
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says fiscal sustainability of European sovereigns continues to pose severe threat to UK financial system
Chancellor calls UK bond market a ‘safe haven’
Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne says decline in gilt yields and credit default swaps signal flight to safety of UK bonds
BoE offers gloomy UK growth outlook
Bank of England revises downward gross domestic product forecast for 2011 to 2% after “sluggish growth” outlook; governor Mervyn King says future commitment to low interest rates is not an option
Good luck played role in post-crisis recovery: BIS paper
Bank for International Settlements study says combination of good policies and good luck led to variation in macroeconomic performance of countries
IMF calls on UK to widen scope of resolution regimes
IMF says UK lawmakers should expand the scope of BoE's special resolution regime to include systemically important financial institutions
Ex-MPC members debate QE options
Bank of England former Monetary Policy Committee members discuss scope for further asset purchases in the UK
IMF expresses ‘disappointment’ at Commission’s Basel III proposals
IMF says European Commission’s proposals to adopt Basel III are too soft and do not offer national authorities sufficient flexibility over macroprudential policy
Volcker rule spillover effects benefited Europe and Asia: IMF paper
Fund study shows Volcker rule caused positive spillover effects to some European and Asian banks
BoE’s Haldane considers policy to stem pro-cyclicality of haircuts
Bank of England executive director of financial stability Andy Haldane says minimum collateral requirements could be used to ease pro-cyclical nature of haircuts
Questions raised over UK’s FX volume surge
Market participants attribute a range of factors to the 23% rise in FX turnover in the UK reported by the Bank of England's FX Joint Standing Committee on July 25
Evolving UK and US macroeconomic dynamics investigated: Bank paper
Bank of England working paper uses model of deterministic structural change to chart the changing UK and US macroeconomic dynamics
Bank’s Miles allays fears over economic costs of Basel III
Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member David Miles says Basel III requirements will not have negative bearing on economy, as long as the transition is gradual
Ireland copies UK in new central bank law
Central bank can now order financial services providers to have an independent expert prepare a report on any regulatory matter; similar to UK provision
BoE paper identifies drivers of energy price volatility
Bank of England study says risk premium and productivity shocks operated in inverse directions on inflation in the UK
UK opts out of ECB's T2S
Reports emerge suggesting the UK has opted out of the European Central Bank's Target2- Securities project
BoE - Trends in Lending (July 2011)
Bank of England July 2011 Trends in Lending report shows the number of loans extended to businesses in the UK declined by $6.4 billion
UK lawmakers call for rethink of banking carve-up
UK Treasury Select Committee requests Independent Commission on Banking to re-evaluate option to 'separate' retail and investment banking activities