An article entitled "New money should be directed to the real economy, not the financial sector" published by Positive News on 22nd July …
Bank of England & QE
Some Further Thoughts on QE
Between March 2009 and July 2012, through the program known as Quantitative Easing (QE), £375bn of newly created money has been spent by the …
Pensions Insight: Why money creation by the banks is bad news for pension schemes
In this article that first appeared in the April 2013 edition of the Pensions Insight, I explain why unrestrained money creation by the …
How do people understand Quantitative Easing – Survey Report
Amid all that has been written on this subject, there is very little about how it is supposed to work, or whether it has in fact worked, …
Using QE to rebuild the UK economy – the Canadian way
Mark Carney, new Governor of the Bank of England, starts work today. It would certainly be useful, if he would start by seeking answers to …
Spending Review…no new ideas then
It seems like the Spending Review that was announced yesterday by George Osborne has been widely criticized. It looks like playing the same …
FT: Lunch with Sir Mervyn King
Sir Mervyn King, who is to end 10 years as governor of the Bank of England at the end of June, was recently interviewed by the FT’s chief …
Common concerns about ‘QE for jobs’
We have recently announced our plan to start a new campaign (codename "QE for jobs") which would ask for £50 billion to be created by the …
QE for jobs
Could you create jobs with £375 billion to spend? Since the crisis the Bank of England has created £375 billion of new money in an attempt …