Tim Congdon has written for the Sunday Times today, here. His piece is mainly about the nature of the Bank of England's monetary policy errors during 2005-7 and the significance of the broad money supply as an indicator of inflationary...
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CentreRight on 3rd Aug 2008 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by half a percentage point to a further record low of one per cent.
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PoliticsCoUk on 5th Feb 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, wants to cap mortgages to value. By the Bank’s diktat borrowers would have to put down a deposit of between 10% and 25% when they buy a house. Perhaps this is...
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CentreRight on 31st Aug 2010 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
The governor of the Bank of England made quite a stir recently when, on the same day, he challenged the prime minister's plans for a further fiscal stimulus - more tax cuts and increases in public spending - and was prominently photographed taking tea with the Queen. This latter occasion was reported as only the first meeting between our present monarch and a Bank of England governor. This wa...
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Guardian on 5th Apr 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
The Bank of England and Treasury are being urged to consider more radical ways of kickstarting Britain's economy as interest rate cuts are failing to have the desired impact.
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Telegraph on 7th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Bank of England today cut interest rates to 0.5 per cent, while the first steps at 'quanititative easing' was also undertaken.
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PoliticsCoUk on 5th Mar 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
The Bank of England will announce its latest monetary policy decision at midday, with economists waiting to see if the central bank introduces more quantitative easing (QE).
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BBCPolitics on 6th Oct 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
This week Liberal Democrat Voice is running a series of articles from Tim Leunig about the economy - how we got here and what we should do next. So far the series has covered bank bailouts, bank lending and fiscal policy. Interest rates and the Bank of England The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has done
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 27th Nov 2008 (via libdemvoice.org)
The epicentre of today's demonstrations is expected to be around the Bank of England.
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PoliticsCoUk on 31st Mar 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
Cranmer reports that the BBC the Arts Council of England have commissioned a new national anthem for England by one Sam Dunkley. Is he pulling our leg? It seems not, you can hear it here! Here it is: I am England, England is inside of me. I am England, England is what I want her to be, I am England, I am English, I am England to my core, And wherever you may find me, you'll find England....
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openDemocracy on 24th Apr 2009 (via opendemocracy.net)
Students, pensioners and working people are marching to the Bank of England today to make it clear to the government and the bankers that we will not pay for this crisis.
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Respect on 10th Oct 2008 (via respectcoalition.org)