Mounting inflation could trigger early end to BoE’s bond buying July 15, 2021 An external member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has warned that surging inflation could prompt the central bank to end its bond buying programme early. Michael Saunders said in a speech on Thursday: “if activity and inflation indicators remain in line with recent trends… options might include curtailing the current asset purchase [...]
Inflation to soar to four per cent, warns BoE deputy governor July 15, 2021 The deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation could soar as high as four per cent, double the Bank’s target. Sir Dave Ramsden said in a speech on Wednesday that he “wouldn’t be surprised to see the whole inflation rate potentially rising as high as four per cent for a period [...]
Cloud computing providers pose risk to financial stability – BoE July 13, 2021 Cloud computing providers could become a threat to financial stability and regulators need to crackdown on them to strengthen banks’ resiliency, the Bank of England warned on Tuesday. The Bank said some cloud computing providers can be secretive and could disrupt the normal functioning of the UK financial system. Read more: British SMEs exposed to [...]
Banking shares jump after Bank of England gives OK for dividends, bonuses and buybacks July 13, 2021 Banking shares jump after Bank of England gives OK for dividends, bonuses and buybacks
Senior staff at financial services firms to have pay based on diversity performance July 7, 2021 Senior managers at financial services firms could have their renumeration based on their company’s diversity and inclusion performance under new rules announced today. The Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority and the Bank of England are seeking feedback on proposals put forward to improve diversity and inclusion in financial services. “Linking progress on diversity and [...]
Bank of England deputy governor expects return to the office to be “bigger than we anticipate” July 5, 2021 The deputy governor and chief operating officer of the Bank of England told a conference today that she expects the return to the office “might be a bit bigger than we anticipate”. Joanna Place gave the remarks at an event hosted by the Investment Association in which she launched a pilot that will see all [...]
Bailey attempts to quash inflation fears July 1, 2021 Andrew Bailey has reiterated that the Bank of England is not concerned about the recent surge in inflation, attempting to quash mounting concerns that price rises may soon spiral out of control. Speaking at his annual Mansion House speech, the Governor of the Bank of England moved to temper fears that prices in the UK [...]
Haldane: Inflation will reach four per cent this year June 30, 2021 The Bank of England’s outgoing chief economist has warned that UK inflation could surge to four per cent this year. Andy Haldane said in a speech today that he expects “UK inflation to be nearer four per cent than three per cent. This increases the chances of a high inflation narrative becoming the dominant one, a [...]
Consumer credit borrowing exceeds repayments for first time since August June 29, 2021 Households borrowed more in consumer credit than they repaid in May for the first time since August, according to Bank of England data published on Tuesday. Net consumer credit was £280m in May, reversing a trend seen throughout the majority of the pandemic as households reined in spending whilst the economy was shuttered. The positive [...]
Bank of England reprimands Euroclear over malfunction June 25, 2021 The Bank of England has taken supervisory action against Euroclear UK and Ireland after its CREST financial markets system crashed, it announced on Friday. The malfunction resulted in the Bank of England delaying purchases of government bonds through its bond buying programme. “The outage was caused by an issue with messaging software which resulted in [...]