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Direct Monetary Financing

Major breakthrough on public money creation: The Bank of England will directly finance government coronavirus spending

by Hannah Dewhirst

UK central bank becomes first in the world to adopt direct monetary financing to fund government spending during the coronavirus crisis. …

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Bank of England embraces monetary financing: Positive Money response

by Simon Youel

Responding to the news that the Bank of England will be directly financing government spending through the Ways and Means facility, Fran …

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To help fight Covid-19 the Bank of England must commit to direct monetary financing

by David Barmes

The Bank of England is indirectly financing the Treasury’s spending on the response to Covid-19. We welcome this development, but further …

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