We must resist GDP-based arguments which attempt to justify a less stringent public health response to Covid-19. As we emerge from this …
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To help fight Covid-19 the Bank of England must commit to direct monetary financing
The Bank of England is indirectly financing the Treasury’s spending on the response to Covid-19. We welcome this development, but further …
More private debt isn’t the solution, this crisis calls for bold measures
Coordination between the Treasury and the Bank of England is welcome, but in the midst of a crisis, more private debt is not the answer. The …
Three principles for responding to the Covid-19 economic fallout
Covid-19’s economic fallout is intensifying. In response, the Bank of England and the Treasury must coordinate to implement targeted …
Andrew Bailey announces crucial step towards climate-friendly Bank of England
The Bank of England is set to take an important step forward in its response to climate change, after incoming governor Andrew Bailey told …
Positive Money leads call for new Bank of England governor to step up climate action
More than 100 leading experts and civil society figures have signed a letter co-ordinated by Positive Money calling for the incoming Bank of …
The results are in! Positive Money’s 2020 survey
To help Positive Money make the right choices about what to work on in the year ahead, we sent out a survey to all our supporters. …
The UK’s decoupling delusion: Have we really divorced economic growth and carbon emissions?
The claim that the UK economy has undergone an absolute decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions is making the rounds, and is …
Bank of England babies: interest rates and births in post-crisis Britain
New research from the Bank of England finds that interest rate cuts in response to the 2007-08 crisis boosted the UK’s birth rate. Yet the …