United Kingdom
Bank says Asset Purchase Facility works
Bank of England confident Asset Purchase Facility (APF) helps corporate bond market
UK to return to rules-based approach?
Philip Davis, head of economics and finance at Brunel University, says in an OECD paper that UK might need a more rules-based approach to banking regulation
Bankers warn against financial protectionism
IIF sees risk as a result of national governments’ efforts to restore confidence
UK public borrowing soars to June high
Public-sector borrowing soars to £13 billion from £7.5 billion in June 2008 on back of financial rescue
British official attacks EU hedge-fund rules
Lord Myners, a UK Treasury minister, labels Brussels’ draft hedge-fund code “ill considered” and “flawed”
Britain begins to offload state banks
Dunfermline sold and supermarket rumoured to be interested in Northern Rock
Smee on speedier payments
The chief executive of APACS discusses the UK’s first National Payments Plan and the impact of the new Faster Payments service
BoE's Barker and Fisher on economic outlook
Although there have been some encouraging signs in the British and global economies, the real question is what is happening to final demand, said Kate Barker, an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
King steps up calls for global monetary reform
Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, on Wednesday urged officials from around the globe to cooperate to fix the instability inherent in the current international monetary order.
Inflation targeting: lessons from the crisis
Spencer Dale, the chief economist at the Bank of England, has said inflation targeting should remain a mainstay of macroeconomic policymaking in Britain.
The state of the art of inflation targeting
The Bank of England's Centre for Central Banking Studies has published a new handbook showing the key features of the inflation-targeting frameworks in each of the 26 inflation - targeting central banks around the world.
UK doubtful on joining ECB's Target2-Securities
Old Lady raises issues on securities transfer
King steps up bid for more Bank power
Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, on Wednesday night reiterated calls for the government to grant Threadneedle Street more power to fulfil its new financial stability mandate.
UK chancellor eyes banks' corporate governance
Britain's top financial official will on Wednesday call on banks' boards to act as a first line of defence against future financial crises.
Posen to join Bank's MPC
Adam Posen, a deputy director at the Peterson Institute, is to replace Tim Besley on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Bank paper unveils new systemic-risk model
A paper published by the Bank of England on Monday has revealed a systemic-risk monitor that accounts for the relationship between liquidity risk and financial stability.
Bank announces stability committee members
The Bank of England on Wednesday named the non-executive directors who, along with senior Bank staff, will sit on the new Financial Stability Committee.
Chaps can cope with payments outages
If a financial institution is unable to make - but able to receive - payments, Chaps, the UK's large-value payment system, will ensure that settlement banks stop making payments to the institution, reducing systemic risk, new research from the Bank of…
UK eyes 2018 cheque-out
The UK is moving towards closing cheque clearing within a decade, Paul Smee, the chief executive of the UK Payment Council, told an industry conference in London.
Better plumbing can stabilise system: BoE's Tucker
Paul Tucker, a deputy governor at the Bank of England, has said that more widespread use of more open methods of trading would enhance the resilience of the financial system.
BoE looks to expands unconventional operations
The Bank of England has indicated that it wants to extend its quantitative easing programme to cover secured commercial paper.
No to EU, yes to supervision role for BoE
The idea of a greater role for European Union regulation of United Kingdom's financial services must be resisted, said Sir Martin Jacomb, a former external director of the Bank of England, in a new report from the Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank.
Macroprudential supervision for BoE - lawmakers
The Bank of England should be given responsibility for macroprudential supervision, recommends a report from Britain's House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.
Bank may extend support operations
Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England said on 28 May that the Bank might give permanent form to some of the programmes it created specially during the financial crisis.