Quantitative easing
No way to tell if QE’s worked: BoE’s Bean
MPC will have to tighten gradually to avoid undershooting inflation target
UK opposition leader interferes in Bank policy
David Cameron, leader of the opposition Conservative party, says “the government” will have to stop printing money
Bank’s Miles confident on quantitative easing
QE working and will end when circumstances dictate, says MPC member
Bank to hold seminar to clarify QE
Bank of England invites economists and the press next week to mark six months since the start of bond purchases, denies “crisis” meeting
Poland considers quantitative easing
National Bank of Poland says it may buy banks’ bonds as part of a raft of measures aimed at shoring up stability
Bank split on QE extension, governor outvoted
Minutes show Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted six-to-three in favour of £50 billion extension. Others in favour of extension to £200 billion
BoJ forerunner of unconventional policy: Shirakawa
Bank of Japan’s Masaaki Shirakawa says economists attitudes towards unconvential monetary policy have changed since the Japanese crisis
Fed action spurs market recovery
Federal Open Market Committee statement boosts wave of positive sentiment
IMF plays down quantitative-easing fears
International Monetary Fund says evidence on the effectiveness of Bank of England’s quantitative easing is moderately encouraging
Bank expected to be downbeat on UK outlook
Bank of England rumoured to be bearish on growth and inflation in this week’s Inflation Report
Bank shocks markets with QE extension
Bank of England extends quantitative easing programme to £175 billion as money growth falters
Goodhart calls for negative deposit rate
Former member of Monetary Policy Committee Charles Goodhart wants Bank of England to follow Riksbank’s lead in cutting deposit rate below zero
Bank unveils commercial paper facility
Bank of England details Secured Commercial Paper Facility aimed at bolstering companies’ working-capital requirements
Bank stats show quantitative easing having little impact
Broad money measure targeted by Bank of England falls in June despite £125 billion-worth of quantitative easing
BoE’s Bean confident Treasury would agree to more QE funds
Deputy governor Charlie Bean says Bank of England would “expect” chancellor to allow more funds for quantitative easing
Bank surprise boosts sterling
Bank of England’s decision to hold quantitative easing programme at £125 billion sends pound up against euro and dollar
Bank’s second monetary-policy roundtable
Bank of England summarises its monetary-policy roundtable
Bank's Bean admits QE exit tricky
Charlie Bean, the deputy governor responsible for monetary policy at the Bank of England, has acknowledged that the execution of the Bank's exit strategy for quantitative easing will present the Monetary Policy Committee with a tricky judgment call.
BoJ's Hayami passes away
Masaru Hayami, the governor of the Bank of Japan who presided over the institution's introduction of quantitative easing, has died. He was 84.
China warns on QE inflation threat
The People's Bank of China has said that quantitative easing posed huge risks for international markets and the global economy.
Bank of England holds on quantitative easing
The Bank of England has opted to wait and see what impact its quantitative easing programme is having before pledging a further boost to the money supply.
King details vision for quantitative easing
The Bank of England expects to spend the first £75 billion ($110.5 billion) tranche set aside for quantitative easing, within the next three months, Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank, said on Tuesday.
Bank to begin buying corporate bonds next week
The Bank of England said on Thursday that it would begin buying corporate bonds outright next week.
Fed to buy Treasuries
The Federal Open Market Committee said on Thursday that it will buy up to $300 billion in Treasuries and an additional $750 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities. It will also invest an additional $100 billion in agency debt.