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Bank summons boffins for urgent talks about QE

29.09.09
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

City doubts Bank of England money-printing plan is working

29.09.09
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

Bank of England denies crisis talks

24.09.09
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

City Spy: No fun at ITV in this Ball game

11.09.09
Just how wide is the opposition to Tony Ball being made ITV's next chief executive within the higher reaches of the broadcaster? Very, is the answer.... more

Blanchflower blames MPC for being ‘feeble’

10.09.09
Former Bank of England member David Blanchflower today warned that the “feeble” monetary policy committee risked making the recession even worse ... more

King under further fire after Bank vote revolt

19.08.09
Bank of England governor Mervyn King was under mounting pressure after it emerged he was defeated in a rare revolt on Threadneedle Street over how to deal with the recession ... more

Think-tank forecasts bleak years ahead for Britain

22.07.09
The UK economy faces years of misery, a leading think-tank warned today, with the housing slump lasting until 2012 and unemployment peaking at three million in 2011 ... more

Why so much surprise as the BoE plays wait and see?

21.07.09
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

UK recovery hopes grow as pain eases

14.07.09
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

Bank hints it will print more money as inflation drops below forecasts

14.07.09
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

No confidence in the Pound

18.12.08
THE POUND's record fall against the euro is grimly illustrated by our story today in which a reporter found that a pound bought just under a euro at one exchange outlet... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

IPOs dry up as markets feel Lehman effect

15.09.08
Here is a startling measure of just how tough life currently is for investment bankers... more

Warning of 60,000 lost jobs a month hits pound

11.09.08
Bank of England member David Blanchflower has warned Britain is heading for a "horrible" unemployment surprise... more

Get leaner and fitter to climb out of this hole

29.08.08
The Labour Chancellor of the Seventies, Denis Healey, said that when you are in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging... more

Year or more of pain as recession clouds roll in

26.08.08
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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

ECB lifts interest rates as inflation worries grow

03.07.08
The European Central Bank have raised interest rates for the first time since the onset of the credit crunch as it stepped up its fight against inflation... 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

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

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

Labour's cunning plan is all too transparent

09.06.08
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