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  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    UK interest rates
    BoE warns of future UK rate rises if inflation persists

    Government’s £55bn of measures announced in Autumn Statement ‘unlikely’ to moderate increases

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE faces its biggest inflation challenge since independence

    A quarter-century after the central bank was granted autonomy, soaring prices are testing its mettle

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    FTfmCorporate social responsibility
    Stakeholder collaboration will help companies and society thrive

    Sustainability reporting standards are in the long-term interests of business and society

  • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Low inflation cannot be taken for granted

    Recessions often change macroeconomic relationships

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    InterviewFootball
    English football needs a new regulator to tackle wealth gap, says Mervyn King

    Former BoE governor calls for reforms to prevent bankruptcies and distribute Premier League income

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    ReviewBooks
    Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers, by John Kay and Mervyn King

    An eloquent rant against the faux-precision of mathematical models

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    FT AlphavilleBrexit
    Lord King: Brexit is no big deal

    Merv loses his nerve.

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
    Bank of England
    Mark Carney warns no-deal Brexit is still a ‘high risk’

    BoE chief rejects Mervyn King idea that quitting EU without accord can be easily organised

  • Wednesday, 5 September, 2018
    Brexit
    Mervyn King lambasts ‘incompetent’ Brexit preparations

    Former Bank of England governor says talk of stockpiling food and medicines ‘beggars belief’

  • Tuesday, 1 May, 2018
    UK business & economy
    Quiz: Do you have what it takes to study economics?

    Mark Carney wants teenagers to understand how the economy works. Do you measure up?

  • Monday, 27 November, 2017
    FTfmPeter Smith
    Central banks and pension funds are rarely boring

    Bank of England’s pension scheme looks at moving up risk spectrum, writes Peter Smith

  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
    US inflation
    Yellen describes low US inflation in 2017 as a ‘mystery’

    Outgoing Fed chair reaffirms uncertainty over whether bank clearly understands causes

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2017
    Martin Wolf
    Banking remains far too undercapitalised for comfort

    Leverage ratios closer to 5:1 will help give creditors confidence in liabilities

  • Saturday, 16 September, 2017
    News in-depthUK banks
    North East still feels pain of Northern Rock demise

    A decade on, local people have burning sense of injustice over how bank was treated

  • Thursday, 14 September, 2017
    Brexit
    Brexit talks ‘not going as we might hope’ says Lord King
  • Friday, 1 September, 2017
    John Kay
    A lesson for Trump: the best tax reforms are the stealthiest

    All politicians begin with the goal of a simpler system with lower rates

  • Thursday, 31 August, 2017
    FT MagazineTen years after the crash
    A decade on from the financial crisis, what have we learnt?

    As cheap money floods global economy, Patrick Jenkins asks if a similar mess looms

  • Friday, 5 May, 2017
    Opinion
    How the Bank of England was set free

    Independence, granted 20 years ago, has been a success but not a cure-all

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2017
    News in-depthCurrencies
    Central banks show little sign of exiting

    The more policymakers try to put investors off monetary policy shifts, the less they listen

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
    Currencies
    Few lasting benefits from pound’s fall, Bank of England warns

    Officials express irritation over former governor’s upbeat Brexit stance

  • Monday, 26 December, 2016
    Brexit
    Mervyn King calls for UK to be ‘self-confident’ about Brexit

    Former Bank of England governor sees ‘real opportunities’ outside EU

  • Friday, 2 December, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Best books of 2016: Economics

    A round-up of must-read titles

  • Monday, 31 October, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Bank of England struggles to walk a political tightrope

    Uncomfortable moments since the UK’s central bank became independent in 1997

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2016
    Global Economy
    RBA’s Lowe strikes optimistic tone in first parliamentary appearance
  • Friday, 2 September, 2016
    Nigel Lawson
    Brexit gives us a chance to finish the Thatcher revolution

    The economic gains from leaving the EU will be substantial, writes Nigel Lawson

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