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  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Financial & markets regulation
    We need a new approach to bank regulation

    Waiting until there is a crisis and then deploying ad hoc measures is not good enough

    photo looking up at the Bank of England facade at twilight with a streetlamp in the foreground and gloomy sky behind
  • 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

    Dave Ramsden
  • 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

    Eddie George, Mervyn King, Mark Carney and Andrew Bailey
  • 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

    Delivering the goods: logistics companies represent partnerships that can help businesses
  • 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

    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1: (EDITORS NOTE: Please be advised that a classified document visible in this photo was obscured by The White House) In this handout image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House May 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama later announced that the United States had killed Bin Laden in an operation led by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
  • 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

    11/02/19 Barbican, London Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, speaks at an FT event at the Barbican in London this afternoon.
  • 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’

    Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, adjust his glasses before a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. King added to calls by central bankers to recognize that monetary policy is close to its limit, saying the world faces a "major disequilibrium." Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 1 May, 2018
    UK 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

    Bank of England, London.
  • 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

    Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during an event at the New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. Yellen cautioned that raising interest rates too quickly risked stranding inflation below the U.S. central bank's 2 percent target and said there'd been "some hint" that expectations for future price increases may be drifting down. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
  • 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

    Northern Rock Seeks Emergency Help From Government...LONDON - SEPTEMBER 15: Customers of Northern Rock queue outside the Kingston branch of the company on Castle Street, in order to take their money out of their accounts on September 15, 2007 in London, England. The Northern Rock is seeking emergency help from the government, causing its customers to lose faith in the bank. (Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)
  • 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

    Northern Rock bank staff hold placards as delegates arrive at the Newcastle Metro Arena on 15th January 2008 for a meeting about the proposed sale of the Bank.Northern Rock bank staff hold placards as delegates arrive at the Newcastle Metro Arena for a meeting about the proposed sale of the Bank.
  • 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

    Americans Seeking Reward Money Inform IRS On Others...A man enters the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 7, 2010. Americans seeking reward money are turning in neighbors, clients and employers they suspect of cheating on taxes to the IRS at a rate of nearly eight per day, the director of the agency's whistleblower program said. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
  • 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

    Artwork for FTWeekend Comment - issue dated 06.05.17
  • 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

    File photo dated 06/03/14 of the Bank of England in London, as it will deliver its latest verdict on interest rates and the economy next week as UK growth continues to defy expectations of a Brexit vote slowdown. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday January 27, 2017. Policymakers are set to keep rates on hold at 0.25% on Thursday when they meet in the wake of the latest set of impressive growth figures, which showed gross domestic product rose by 0.6% in the final three months of 2016. See PA story ECONOMY Rates. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
  • 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

    Deputy Bank of England governor Ben Broadbent and former governor Mervyn King
  • 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

    Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. King added to calls by central bankers to recognize that monetary policy is close to its limit, saying the world faces a "major disequilibrium." Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Mervyn King
  • Friday, 2 December, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Best books of 2016: Economics

    A round-up of must-read titles

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

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

    Former governors Eddie George and Mervyn King with current Bank of England governor Mark Carney
  • Thursday, 22 September, 2016
    Global Economy
    RBA’s Lowe strikes optimistic tone in first parliamentary appearance
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