Bank of England
The Bank of England is right to focus on the future not the present
The Bank of England is right to focus on the future not the present, focusing on growth and employment, argues ippr's Tony Dolphin.
Should interest rates go up?
Tony Dolphin challenges Oliver Kamm's argument in The Times today that the Bank of England should increase interest rates immediately.
Bank of England forecasts lower growth and high inflation
In his opening remarks at the press conference to launch the report, Mervyn King, the Bank’s Governor, highlighted how these uncertainties mean that inflation could turn out higher than forecast (for example if commodity prices continue to increase at a rapid pace or if inflation expectations rise) or lower than forecast (if wage increases remain low and import price inflation fades).
Call to end legal loan sharking – and interest rates of over 2500%
A coalition of citizens groups, MPs and campaigners have called on the government to end legal loan sharking.
Bank of England Governor joins attack on bank lending
Following the embarrassingly empty green paper published this week, titled "Financing a private sector recovery" without offering any ideas on how to finance it, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has launched a blistering attack on Britain's major banks.
Now Clegg claims he changed mind on deficit before the election
Nick Clegg now claims that he sold out on deficit reduction before May 6th - despite going into the election committed to a deficit reduction plan closer to Labour than the Conservatives.