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quantitative easing

  • Could the Bank of England push the UK into recession?

    Opinion

    As the Bank of England scrambles to unwind the disastrous effects of quantitative easing, the hidden costs of this policy are becoming clear, says Damian Pudner Quantitative easing (QE) has long been the Bank of England’s monetary policy nuclear option. Launched in 2009 to save a collapsing financial system, it was supercharged during the pandemic, [...]

  • Give parliament a vote on quantitative easing

    Opinion

    QE should not be the preserve of bean-counting central bankers – money printing is not an abstract issue, it has real consequences for people’s ordinary lives, says Sam Bidwell If one thing characterises British politics in the post-Thatcher era, it is a serial addiction to avoiding questions about the structure of our economy. On the [...]

  • Treasury’s QE bill might reach £95bn, Bank of England estimates show

    Economics

    The latest estimate, released today by the Bank of England in a quarterly update, is a slight increase on the Bank’s previous upper estimate of £85bn. 

  • Bank of England should become more like the Fed to stem bond losses, Barclays says

    July 2, 2024

    The Treasury is having to shoulder heavy losses from QE, which is attracting a lot of political attention given the parlous state of the public finances.

  • What’s going on with Reform’s proposed overhaul of Bank of England reserves?

    June 11, 2024

    Tice said the policy would raise £35bn over the next five years, a figure which leading tax lawyer Dan Neidle described as "magic".

  • Bank of England’s bond purchases could cost taxpayers £85bn

    April 30, 2024

    Following the banking collapse of 2008, the Bank started hoovering up government bonds on the secondary market. The hope was this would lower borrowing costs and stimulate economic activity.

  • European Central Bank to print money faster as interest rate stays unchanged

    March 11, 2021

    European Central Bank to print more money faster as interest rate stays unchanged

  • The inflation target is just the start for the next ECB president

    May 30, 2019

    With the EU elections out of the way, the horse-trading over a host of top EU jobs, including who replaces Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank (ECB), will ratchet up. By the European Council meeting on 20-21 June, a successor to Draghi should become clear. The new president’s most urgent task is [...]

  • Climate change protesters target Bank of England MPC meeting

    May 2, 2019

    Climate activists protested outside the Bank of England this morning calling for the institution to go green, ahead of the release of its inflation report this afternoon. Demonstrators from Positive Money and Fossil Free London urged the central bank to make its quantitative easing programme environmentally friendly by stopping asset purchases in high-carbon sectors and [...]

  • Climate change protesters to target Bank of England on Thursday with ‘green QE’ demands

    April 29, 2019

    Climate change protesters have announced that they will target the City’s Bank of England on Thursday, with demands that future stimulus bond buying is done with green goals in mind. Read more: Businesses must tackle climate change or 'fail to exist', Carney warns The protests, organised by campaign groups Positive Money and Fossil Free London, will [...]

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