Funny that the Financial Services Authority should pay so much higher wages than the Bank of England - particularly when the Bank is going to take over some of the FSA's responsibilities when it is disbanded by Chancellor George Osborne... more
Joining Twitter seems to be compulsory in the Tesco boardroom. Incoming chairman Sir Richard Broadbent is the latest to sign up with this message: "First tweet! Intrigued to be joining this community, new to me. And looking forward to joining Tesco later in year."... more
Chancellor George Osborne is boosted on two fronts with the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies backing his deficit-busting plans and builders bouncing back from December's blizzards... more
The Bank of England will be watching inflation “like proverbial hawks” as a rapid recovery in emerging markets pushes up commodity prices, deputy Governor Charlie Bean says... more
Worried homeowners are ignoring Bank of England deputy Governor Charlie Bean's pleas to spend rather than save after clearing £6.2 billion in mortgage debt between April and June... more
Britain has been warned to expect slower growth and higher inflation as Bank of England Governor Mervyn King predicts uncertainty for the economy... more
The City’s leading economists were hauled into the Bank of England this morning for a detailed question and answer session on its quantitative easing programme, otherwise known as printing money ... more
The amount of money moving around the economy is way behind the targets set by the Bank of England, indicating the Old Lady’s high-profile policy of quantiative easing is as yet failing to work... more
The Bank of England today poured cold water on reports of an emergency meeting with top City economists over its radical quantitative easing policy ... more
Former Bank of England member David Blanchflower today warned that the “feeble” monetary policy committee risked making the recession even worse ... more
The Bank of England shocked financial markets when it decided not to expand its quantitative easing programme this month — but it shouldn’t have done... more
The UK economy showed tentative signs of stabilising if not recovering, as the Bank of England weighed up whether to print more money to drive demand... more
The Bank of England indicated it is ready to print more money to boost the economy after inflation fell below target for the first time in nearly two years... more
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
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
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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