Why ‘Britcoin’ shouldn’t mean the end of cash
28 July 2021
July 28, 2021 The government and the Bank of England are working together on developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the UK. There are concerns that this new ‘Britcoin’ would replace ca …
BoE to make green gilts eligible for QE – Positive Money response
23 July 2021
London, 23 July 2021 The Bank of England has confirmed that green gilts will be treated as equivalent to existing gilts and made eligible in its market operations, including its quantitative easing (Q …
Treasury to sell off Natwest at a loss: Positive Money response
22 July 2021
London, 22 July 2021 The government has just announced plans to sell more of its stake in Natwest, despite shares being worth less than half what they were when taxpayers bailed out the bank after the …
The government-engineered housing boom will hold back the recovery
21 July 2021
July 21, 2021 The UK housing market has become detached from the real economy. Far from ‘levelling up’, measures by the Treasury and the Bank of England have propelled a housing market boom for the w …
Bailey delays the inevitable on climate capital rules
16 July 2021
London, 16 July 2021 Asked by MPs whether climate change will be incorporated into the Bank of England’s capital rules, Bank governor Andrew Bailey has stated that further research is needed to determ …