Bank of England’s Broadbent slams ‘groupthink’ accusations as ‘absolute tripe’ May 28, 2024 In an interview with the Times, Ben Broadbent said "when you sit [on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)], you realise pretty quickly there is robust discussion about every single question".
UK economy fails to behave itself at start of Rishi Sunak’s re-election bid May 24, 2024 Rishi Sunak has made an improving economy a central part of his election pitch, but in truth these were not the figures he would have wanted to see at the beginning of an election campaign.
Haldane: Bank of England only ‘six months late’ if it starts cutting rates in June May 23, 2024 Speaking on LBC, Andy Haldane, the Bank's former chief economist, said "they (the Bank) should have been cutting from around January."
Could the Bank of England still cut rates in June after poor inflation figures? May 22, 2024 Although Rishi Sunak jumped on the airwaves to proclaim inflation was "back to normal", markets seemed less convinced.
Inflation ahead of expectations in blow for June interest rate cut hopes May 22, 2024 At the Bank of England's last meeting earlier this month, policymakers confirmed that they were considering cutting interest rates.
The rise and fall of 20th Century monetarism, according to one of Margaret Thatcher’s advisors May 21, 2024 "There's not much in economics that is strictly scientific. Milton Friedman said this (monetarism) was a science and Margaret Thatcher sort of bought into that idea," Tim Lankester told Morning Wire
Bank of England deputy governor Broadbent says summer interest rate cut ‘possible’ May 20, 2024 The Bank judges that the unwinding of the inflationary shock is likely to be "asymmetric", taking longer to unwind than it did to emerge.
Inflation set to return to two per cent target in boost for Bank of England May 19, 2024 The latest UK inflation reading could show a notable fall when it's published this week.
UK a ‘nation of savers’ following surge in inflation, research shows May 17, 2024 Since March 2021, prices have increased by 22 per cent in the UK with a peak annual inflation rate of 11.1 per cent in October 2022.
Labour hoarding makes life difficult for Bank of England, rate-setter says May 16, 2024 Labour hoarding since the pandemic has helped fuel inflation and could mean rates have to remain high, a Bank of England policymaker said.