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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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