London, 8 October 2021 Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has today received an open letter from 85 parliamentarians from across …
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BoE to make green gilts eligible for QE: Positive Money response
London, 23 July 2021 The Bank of England has confirmed that green gilts will be treated as equivalent to existing gilts and made eligible …
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 …
It’s time to champion the visible hand
The government’s mini summer budget announced last week, reveals a stubborn ideological commitment to the free market above all else. The …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tackling gender inequality through investment in social infrastructure
The UK government’s response to the financial crisis brought disastrous economic consequences and unnecessary hardship. Austerity policies …