What an exciting and busy month it’s been for the Positive Money campaign! Events, media interviews, and our messages straight to MPs - …
Archives for October 2016
QE 101 (Part 2): How Does the Bank of England Create New Money?
A lot of people can go their entire lives without asking themselves how money is created and where it comes from. On the other hand, as the …
How will changes from the Bank of England (not) help you? (Infographic)
Well, that's embarrassing! The Bank of England published this infographic about their £445 billion Quantitative Easing programme on their …
Inflation & The Bank of England’s New Catch 22
The British inflation rate for September increased faster than expected to 1% – a two-year high – primarily due to rising prices for …
Global debt reaches $152 trillion – We need an alternative!
Global debt has more than doubled in the last 15 years; and according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it’s the highest it’s ever …
Positive Money response to Mark Carney’s comments on the falling pound
In response to Mark Carney’s remarks at a news conference in Nottingham, in which he said that the Bank would be prepared to tolerate a rise …
Monetary policy has an enormous impact on politics. It’s time for a radical rethink (The Guardian)
"Theresa May knows monetary policy isn’t working. QE is increasing inequality, and low interest rates aren’t the solution", writes Fran …
Positive Money at the Labour and Conservative party conferences (Video)
Positive Money is putting monetary policy on the political agenda. This was in evidence at the political party conferences this year, where …
‘Change has got to come’ on monetary policy, says Prime Minister
Exciting news! Prime Minister Theresa May said in her speech at the Conservative party conference that “change has got to come” on monetary …