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20.04.09
David Blanchflower considered quitting his job at the Bank of England because his colleagues were too slow to deal with the recession... more

The bruiser handing out a battering to our greedy bank bosses

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Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall is shrugging off the snipers as he earns his spurs tearing into those behind the financial crisis... more

FTSE fall reflects wider anxieties

20.02.09
The fall in the value of shares today - the FTSE fell below 4000 - like the recession itself cannot entirely be blamed on Britain alone: part of it was attributable to events in America... more

Shares slump amid job cuts and soaring home repossessions

20.02.09
Shares in London slumped on fresh fears over the state of the economy and a heavy sell-off in New York... more

Bailout may fail, say Tucker

21.01.09
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Feeling sick at Citigroup over hedge losses

19.01.09
Citigroup's Corporate Special Opportunities hedge fund is returning only three cents on the dollar to investors — underscoring the depths of the difficulties at the alternative investment unit once headed by the bank’s current chief executive, Vikram Pandit... more

£250bn bill to save US banks

16.01.09
The US government has launched a $373 billion (£250billion) bail-out package to save just two stricken banks... more

Bank chief: We failed to spot dangers of debt

22.12.08
The Bank of England makes a startling admission of failure over the way it allowed the lending boom to end in a financial crash... more

Bank's rate cuts guru quits MPC and returns to US

10.12.08
Economy: David Blanchflower has stepped down from his role at the Bank of England... more

Shares bounce despite Bank's gloomy forecast

28.10.08
Shares rose sharply as the City took time out from the continuing world economic turmoil and a gloomy assessment of Britain's prospects from the Bank of England... more

How Sir Tom tried to dodge blame at RBS

15.10.08
FAREWELL Sir Tom McKillop — like Sir Fred Goodwin, who in theory answered to you at Royal Bank of Scotland, you will not be missed... more

A year after Rock’s collapse, the verdict on key players

11.09.08
Analysis: A year ago, BBC News dropped a bombshell the City will never forget. Northern Rock, one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders, had run out of cash and was going cap in hand to the Bank of England for emergency funding... more

Hawks and doves face off over next rate move

25.07.08
A three-way split on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee has left the City asking - what next for interest rates?... more

Inflation set to climb well over 4%, Bank's No2 warns

18.07.08
Mervyn King's number two at the Bank of England declared that inflation will accelerate to "well over" 4%... more

Bank chief: Interest rates on hold to fight inflation

26.06.08
Bank of England governor Mervyn King signalled that further interest rates rises were on hold... more

Who's in and who's out

23.06.08
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Gieve sacrificed by Whitehall spinners to bury bad news

19.06.08
Politics is a dirty business, and seldom more dirty than the scene played out under the Mansion House lights at the Lord Mayor's banquet... more

Gieve was not up to Bank job, says City

19.06.08
The shock departure of Deputy Governor Sir John Gieve from the Bank of England is welcomed in the City as chief economist Charlie Bean is lined up to replace a second departing Deputy ... more

Bean steps up at Bank after shock Gieve exit

19.06.08
Bank of England chief economist Charlie Bean has been promoted to Deputy Governor following the shock departure of Sir John Gieve... more

Comment: Tight squeeze with all those elephants

19.06.08
At the Mansion House dinner, there were so many elephants in the room that standing to raise our glasses to Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla and other members of the Royal Family - seriously, they were the second toast after the Queen - was a tight squeeze... more

Comment: testing times at the Bank

19.06.08
The announcement by Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir John Gieve that he would be leaving next spring, two years ahead of schedule, drowned out an important admission by the Chancellor in last night's Mansion House speech... more

Bank left reeling as deputy quits

19.06.08
The Bank of England was in turmoil after the resignation of Sir John Gieve, the deputy accused of neglecting his duties during the collapse of Northern Rock... more

Labour's cunning plan is all too transparent

09.06.08
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Ministers need help, not the Bank

09.06.08
City people who are likely to be Bank of England advisers are the problem - not the solution... more

Don't punish us at polls for tough times says Brown

01.05.08
Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a last-minute plea to voters not to punish Labour in the local and London mayoral polls... more

Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat

02.04.08
The world has moved on and needs to be regulated as it is, not as we fondly remember it was... more

Share raiders in sell-off plot to scupper HBOS

19.03.08
BoE makes unprecedented move, denying rumours another UK High Street bank is in trouble ... more

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