Qe
Bank of England keeps base rate at 0.50% and QE at £375bnThe Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep base rate at 0.50 per cent and the QE programme at £375 billion at the conclusion of its latest meeting. |
Economic recovery puts pressure on Carney to raise base rateThe strength of the economic recovery risks undermining the Bank of England's policy of adopting forward guidance on interest rates. |
Weale objects to early inflation risk on forward guidanceThe Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep interest rates at 0.50% and QE at £375bn but Martin Weale voted against adopting forward guidance on interest rates citing inflation risks. |
Bank of England adopts forward guidance on interest ratesThe Bank of England has announced that it will adopt a policy of forward guidance by linking interest rates to unemployment and that rates will not rise until the jobless rate falls to 7.0%. |
Bank of England makes no change to monetary policyThe MPC again voted to keep the base rate at 0.5 per cent, with quantitative easing (QE) remaining at £375 billion at its monthly policy meeting. |
MPC falls in line behind new governor Mark CarneyThe Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee presented a united front and voted 9-0 against more quantitative easing at the first meeting of new Governor Mark Carney. |
The $1m dollar question: How did Mark Carney vote on QE?Thursday sees the publication of the minutes from the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee since Mark Carney took over as Governor. How did he vote on QE? |
Business confidence improves driven by services sectorAccountant BDO report that business confidence has reached a 13-month high but threats from the eurozone and the income squeeze in the UK are still undermining confidence. |
Carney's promise to keep rates low is bad news for saversThe new Giovernor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney has made his mark in his first week by issuing a note aimed at claming the bond markets and setting out plans to keep rates low for years to come. |
Bank makes no changes at Carney's first meeting of MPCThe Bank of England has kept base rate at 0.50% and quantitative easing at £375 billion in Mark Carney's first meeting of the MPC as Governor. |
No change to QE or rates expected at Carney's first MPC meetingMark Carney attends his first meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today with no change expected to quantitative easing or interest rates. |
Bright economic data heralds positive start for CarneyMark Carney has started his new job as governor of the Bank of England helped by positive economic data pointing to growth in the UK economy. |
Bank of England lays the ground for future interest rate riseIn its bi-annual Financial Stability Report, the Bank of England has warned of the risk of a sharp rise in interest rates to both banks and borrowers. |
King leaves BoE with parting swipe at governments and banksThe Governor of the Bank of England signs of for a sporting summer with parting shots at government's inability to take advantage of the conditions set up for them by central banks. |
Central banks must push recovery policies back to governmentsThe Bank for International Settlements, known as the "central banks central bank" warns that artificial stimulus needs to come to an end and governments take charge of reforms. |
No change in QE or rates as Sir Mervyn exits Bank of EnglandFor the fifth month in a row the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 against more QE with Sir Mervyn king once again on the wrong end of the vote in his final meeting. |
No change to policy as King says leaving Bank in 'safe hands'The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to keep the quantitative easing programe at £375 billion and base rate at 0.50 per cent at the conclusion of its latest meeting. |
Mixed US jobs data means more QE remains an optionThe US added 175,000 new jobs in May but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.6 per cent. The mixed data means that more quantitative easing is still an option. |
Sir Mervyn's swansong will see no change to policySir Mervyn King will present the Bank of England's decision on monetary policy for the final time on Thursday and no changes are expected to base rate or QE. |
UK economic recovery hampered by debt overhang, says FisherThe Bank of England;s director of financial markets, Paul Fisher says that the UK economy will not grow at "normal" rates until it has finished rebalancing. |
IMF urges Bank to provide clarity on inflation and ratesThe minutes from the Bank of England's latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee reveal the governor, Sir Mervyn King was on the wrong side of a 6-3 vote against more QE again. |
Bank of England lowers inflation and raises growth forecastThe Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn KLing presented his final quarterly inflation report today and was able to present lower inflation and higher GDP forecasts. |
Governor King to present final quarterly inflation reportThe Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King is to present his final quarterly inflation report and is expected to keep 2013 GDP growth estimates close to 1.0 per cent. |
Bank of England keeps QE and base rate on holdThe Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is not expected to make any changes to quantitative easing and base rate when it meets today keeping QE at £375bn and base rate at 0.50%. |
Bank of England's Fisher says monetary policy impact limitedPaul Fisher, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee says that there are limits to what monetary policy can achieve and that the bank has not been given "any new toys to play with." |
Newsletter sign up