Quantitative easing
Unconventional measures must remain – Buba’s Weber
Axel Weber says main liquidity-boosting measures must continue and be wound down only gradually
Strong Canadian dollar “threat to growth”
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, says currency intervention is ineffective without supporting policies
Britain on road to “lost decade”
Newest MPC member says fixing banks must be a priority for UK
QE has boosted broad money: Bank
Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee unanimous in decision to keep the bank rate and the asset purchase programme unchanged
BoE’s Posen backs governor on smashing up banks
Newest member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee sees case for limiting bank size “full stop”
Bank officials at odds over QE’s impact
Confidence of Bank of England’s executive director for markets appears to conflict with deputy governor’s ambivalence
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.