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    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

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

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    Low inflation cannot be taken for granted

    Recessions often change macroeconomic relationships

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
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    An eloquent rant against the faux-precision of mathematical models

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
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  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
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    BoE chief rejects Mervyn King idea that quitting EU without accord can be easily organised

  • Wednesday, 5 September, 2018
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    Former Bank of England governor says talk of stockpiling food and medicines ‘beggars belief’

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  • Monday, 27 November, 2017
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  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
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    Banking remains far too undercapitalised for comfort

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

  • Saturday, 16 September, 2017
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    A decade on, local people have burning sense of injustice over how bank was treated

  • Thursday, 14 September, 2017
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    Brexit talks ‘not going as we might hope’ says Lord King
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    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
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    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
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    The more policymakers try to put investors off monetary policy shifts, the less they listen

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
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