We must print more money, says Bank The Bank of England is to start ‘printing’ new money for the first time in 30 years as it runs out of options to kick-start the economy. The Governor of the Bank of England will write to the Chancellor within days to tell him that they've been doing this for months now get permission for the unprecedented action. We already have the police co-opted into doin...

MPC member argues Bank of England should pump new money into the economy immediately and financing a new bank to back SMEs

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King wanted to pump more money into the economy but was outvoted by fellow policymakers.

THERE was a mixed reaction yesterday to the Bank of England’s latest attempt to boost the struggling economy.

I entirely oppose the decision of the Bank of England to "print money" - or "qualitative easing" in posh jargon. In my view it undermines the strenght of the currency and simply extends the duration of the economic recession. So it is interesting to read that much of the new money the Bank of England has "printed" to stimulate the UK economy is ending up abroad where it will be of no benefit to UK...

The Bank’s last official Statement, and the Deputy Governor Mr Bean’s recent remarks, tell us that the Bank has little idea how much quantitative easing to do, or how to assess its impact. The Bank’s main economic view is based on the

The Bank of England's emergency programme of printing money to support the economy has helped push pension incomes to record lows, its own figures showed yesterday.

The Bank of England may print more money if the economy slows sharply next year, George Osborne has suggested.

All of this talk of quantitative easing is confusing at the best of times. It certainly did not feature when I took my A level Economics exam thirty years ago. However, the Independent has a new twist. They say that much of the new money the Bank of England has "printed" to stimulate the UK economy is ending up abroad where it will be of no benefit to UK households and businesses: The Bank is in t...

The Bank of England is expected to issue more money in its latest effort to kick start the ailing UK economy. The idea of issuing more money sits uneasy with the British public, many of whom have Zimbabwean visions of spiralling inflation and worthless currency. So what does the process of quantitative easing actually involve? Quantitative easing is a last ditch attempt to pump money back into the...