The Bank of England's chief economist has warned of a stark slowdown ahead for the British economy this year as unemployment hit a 17-year high... more
The Bank of England warns that "tensions in the world economy" threaten the UK recovery as it pumpsan extra £75 billion into the financial system... more
Wednesday's U-turn on interest rates from the Bank of England's Martin Weale and Spencer Dale, brings back uncomfortable echoes of the last time members of the MPC backed down from calls to raise rates... more
The Bank of England's two policy hawks dramatically drop their call for interest rate hikes as a shock rise in unemployment delivers a new jolt to recovery hopes... more
The Bank of England's powerful monetary policy committee is increasingly concerned about the fragile state of the UK economy, minutes of its latest meeting show... more
Inflation expectations are a key concern for the Bank of England, and policymakers cannot be totally sure that they remain well-anchored, the central bank's chief economist Spencer Dale has said... 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
Mortgage holders breath a sigh of relief as the Bank of England's monetary policy committee clearly signals it is not likely to raise interest rates any time soon... more
The Bank of England's chief economist today admitted he was voting for "nasty" interest rate rises despite being "not at all confident" about the strength of the UK recovery.... more
The Bank of England hawks pushing for higher interest rates failed to win more support to their cause this month amid worries over the consumer and surging oil prices, it has emerged... more
During his time at the Bank of England, David "Danny" Blanchflower rarely, if ever, saw eye-to-eye with Governor Mervyn King. But he certainly agrees with King on one thing now - interest rates should not go up... more
The threat of interest rate hikes as soon as next month moves closer as a third Bank of England policymaker switches sides to push for dearer money and an unprecedented four-way split opens up among rate-setters... more
Bank of England edged closer to lifting interest rates earlier this month, minutes of the meeting reveal, as the number of policymakers who voted in favour of a hike increased again... more
Uncertainty over inflation and the economic recovery means rate setters must alter their views, Bank of England chief economist Spencer Dale warns... more
Chief economist Spencer Dale revealed that the interest rate-setting body is a hotbed of "aggressive" and "vigorous" argument rather than a serene debating shop... more
The Bank of England’s Spencer Dale says he has little doubt that the huge rise in prices of shares and corporate bonds were “substantially” helped by the £200 billion quantitative easing programme... more
There seems little doubt that if the Labour Party was led by anyone other than Gordon Brown, it could keep the Conservatives out of Downing Street next year... more
Economic analysis: Temperatures at the Bank of England are rising over how to drive a recovery in the UK economy without sending inflation soaring... more
The Bank of England was split three ways over its decision to pump an extra £25 billion into the economy as it battles to drag Britain out of recession ... 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 Bank of England today poured cold water on reports of an emergency meeting with top City economists over its radical quantitative easing policy ... more
The chief economist of the Bank of England has launched a staunch defence of its decision to pump billions of pounds of new money into the economy... more
The British economy will probably recover at the end of 2009 but the risks are weighted to the downside and policymakers may thus need to take more action, Bank of England policymaker Spencer Dale said... more
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