It has been 10 years since the financial crash of 2007-8 and the dysfunction of our banking system is finally under scrutiny. A recent event …
Bank of England & QE
Your MP needs to know this
Stagnating wages, a house price bubble, low investment - Mark Carney and the Bank of England are running out of excuses. Since the 2008 …
Central banks, climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy
Central banks have the power to tackle the urgent problem of climate change. It's time to hold them to account, write Josh Ryan-Collins and …
Britain 2018: We’ve never had it so bad
Last December, in a Bank of England (BoE) speech entitled the ‘Spectre of Monetarism’(1), its governor Mark Carney said that ‘over the past …
Nothing normal about the “new normal”
The Bank’s decision to keep interest rates at 0.25% last week may seem like business as usual. But there’s nothing normal about the way that …
Nothing normal about the “new normal”
The Bank’s decision to keep interest rates at 0.25% last week may seem like business as usual. But there’s nothing normal about the way that …
Inflation report shows Bank of England in crisis
In response to the Bank of England’s announcement that it will keep interest rates at 0.25%, Fran Boait, executive director of Positive …
Inflation report shows Bank of England in crisis
In response to the Bank of England’s announcement that it will keep interest rates at 0.25%, Fran Boait, executive director of Positive …
Is a crisis looming for central banks? (Video)
On Tuesday, July 18th, we held our biggest ever event in Parliament in collaboration with the think tank New City Agenda. Lord Adair …