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    UK quantitative easing

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UK economy
      QT = hurty

      When the Office for Budget Responsibility gets nasty

    • 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

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