Responding to the Bank of England’s announcement today that it will buy an additional £200bn worth of government and corporate bonds through …
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PRESS RELEASE: Positive Money responds to Bank of England COVID-19 emergency response
Positive Money has questioned the Bank of England’s plans to pump money into the economy through the new Covid Corporate Financing Facility …
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 …
Big issues are at stake in this election but public debt isn’t one of them
With the major parties outlining their spending plans, some politicians and commentators have expressed concern about the level of public …
New Positive Money report ‘Seeking Legitimacy’ launched in Parliament
After already making breakfast headlines in Reuters, City AM and Bloomberg, Positive Money launched our latest report, ‘Seeking Legitimacy: …
Securitisation is back, and green finance must stray far away
Securitisation played a central role in the 2008 crisis. Yet it’s been making a comeback, and green finance is getting involved. Here’s why …
A reformed appointment process of the IMF director won’t cut it, the whole institution needs an overhaul
The EU’s finance ministers recently voted for Kristalina Georgieva, the Chief Executive of the World Bank, to take on the top job at the …
Major breakthroughs on central banks and climate change
Major breakthroughs on central banks and climate change If we’re going to stop irreversible climate change, we need to decarbonise our …
To beat a no-deal Brexit, the government and Bank of England must work together
This week marks 10 years since the Bank of England introduced its quantitative easing (QE) programme, setting in motion the creation of …