Below is comment from Positive Money on this afternoon’s announcement that the banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), …
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Concrete action needed to boost productive investment: Positive Money response to new productive investment working group
London, 20 November 2020 - The Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority will be convening an industry working group …
Bank of England provides £7.5 billion in big business bailouts – hidden from public view
While SMEs struggle to gain access to government-backed loans, large corporations have already been bailed out to the tune of approximately …
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 …
Andrew Bailey named as next BoE governor: Positive Money response
Responding the appointment of Andrew Bailey as Bank of England governor, David Clarke, head of policy at Positive Money said: “We …
Banks really are magic money trees
Banks really are magic money trees. We disagree with Thomas Hale’s assessment that such a description is misleading (Are banks really magic …
Why the climate strikers should target the Bank of England
It’s going to be one for the history books. Tomorrow on Friday 20th September, millions of people around the world will be taking to the …
Battle with the BBC
How one Positive Money Supporter Challenged The Mainstream Media and Won One of the biggest obstacles we face in building a better money …
Labour commits to keep RBS public after our campaign
Our campaign to stop the RBS sell-off scored a big victory this week as Labour announced plans to keep the bank in public ownership, with a …