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  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Gilts
    The growing fiscal drag of the BoE’s QE indemnity

    Trigger warning: central bank accounting

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    UK government faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses

    Estimated cost to taxpayers has increased sharply as interest rates have risen

    Montage featuring exterior of the Bank of England
  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    Central banks
    European central banks could speed up bond sales, say economists

    Vast bond portfolios bought via quantitative easing under scrutiny

    From left, Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey
  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Bank of England forecasts £100bn payment from Treasury by 2033 over QE losses

    Central bank stresses figures relating to bond-buying programme are estimates

    The Bank of England building
  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    How quantitative tightening *really* works

    The world according to BEAPFF

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE governor faces week of tough questions in Washington

    Andrew Bailey needs to show that market dysfunction is over and that bank has a grip on inflation

    Montage of Andrew Bailey and an image of the Bank of England on the front of a £50 note
  • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
    Gilts
    RBC: The UK’s double indemnity danger

    Overwhelmed by gilt

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Sunak blamed for losing £11bn in servicing UK government debt

    Treasury failed to take out insurance against rate rises on almost £900bn in QE reserves, say economists

    Sheets of £10 notes being printed
  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE signals ‘very gradual’ approach to quantitative tightening

    Policymaker says bank may still sell assets even if it is simultaneously cutting rates

  • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
    Chris Giles
    Is it time for the Bank of England to start tightening monetary policy?

    Ending quantitative easing would show that it is serious about inflation risks

    Andrew Bailey, BoE governor, says the central bank has the perfect tool to tweak its monetary policy stance, demonstrating the importance of inflation control without serious risk to the recovery
  • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
    Markets InsightJohn Plender
    The case for continuing QE is hard to fathom

    Unconventional monetary policy is creating ever greater vulnerabilities

    A television screen at the New York stock exchange showing Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    News in-depthUK interest rates
    BoE sees tight labour market as trigger for higher rates

    Employment outlook has changed quickly with many companies struggling to recruit workers

    Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    UK interest rates
    BoE signals ‘modest tightening’ of monetary policy in next 2 years

    Interest rates likely to rise sooner than anticipated as inflation climbs towards 4%

    The Bank of England in London
  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Bank of England
    Second MPC member hints BoE needs to tighten UK monetary policy

    Michael Saunders follows Sir Dave Ramsden in suggesting bank should act to curb rising inflation

    The Bank of England building in the City of London
  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Bank of England
    BoE criticised by internal watchdog over easing programme

    Review says ‘knowledge gaps’ have hindered bank’s ability to build public trust in QE

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Markets InsightRichard Barwell
    Bank of England should switch strategy on QE

    Monetary Policy Committee must adopt a yield-control approach like the Bank of Japan

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    Bank of England boosts bond-buying by £100bn but slows the pace

    Continued concern at strength of economic recovery, despite hopes plunge in UK output will be milder than feared

    The BoE’s move was at the lower end of market expectations
  • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Will the Bank of England announce more QE?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    Andrew Bailey of the Bank of England, cars being directed into a  drive-in foodbank in Nevada, Australian dollars
  • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
    News in-depthUK economy
    BoE compelled to act as coronavirus pummels economy

    Rate cut and torrent of bond buying in ‘absolutely unprecedented’ situation

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Inside LondonNeil Collins
    We’ll miss PPI refunds, a form of QE for the masses

    Total cost to UK banks has now passed £48bn, including £12.5bn spent on admin

    Undated handout file photo issued by the Financial Conduct Authority of the animatronic head of Arnold Schwarzenegger being placed in a hydraulic press during an advert to remind people how long they have left to complain about PPI. People have been warned they could miss out on PPI refunds as a flurry of last-minute claims could see phone lines overwhelmed and websites crash. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday August 29, 2019. Consumers were told ???this is big money, don???t leave it to chance??? as Thursday???s 11.59pm deadline draws nearer, with ???many billions??? of pounds remaining unclaimed. See PA story MONEY PPI. Photo credit should read: FCA/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
  • Friday, 20 April, 2018
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Payback time for QE looms — and it will be expensive

    Bank of England warns that reversing monetary policy will have consequences

    cloudy and sky bank of england
  • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
    Central bank intervention
    Bank of England defends response to financial crisis after criticism

    Central bank’s research estimates large average gains

  • Friday, 2 March, 2018
    Final salary schemes
    Bank of England admits QE measures hit investment

    Study says companies diverted cash to deal with pension deficits

  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2018
    Gilts
    Biggest gilt redemption set to buoy the market

    Fresh BoE purchases come as policymakers consider rate rises

  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
    Andrew Sentance
    The Bank of England should take the long view on interest rates

    Short-term economic fluctuations must not throw monetary policy off course

    Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), speaks during a discussion at a Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture series at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Carney said Brexit is undermining the U.K.'s supply capacity, making it harder for the economy to grow without generating inflationary pressures. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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