“Why are people so angry?” Minouche Shafik on how the pandemic will change society
The director of LSE and former deputy director of the Bank of England calls for a post-Covid rethink of our…
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Is the Tory electoral coalition ready for an interest rate rise?
With the Bank of England’s chief economist warning inflation could hit 5 per cent, monetary policy is about to get…
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Is Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s new chief economist, an “outrageously bad appointment”?
The 53-year-old white man was appointed despite the bank spending £43,000 on diversity consultants.
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As Mark Carney departs as Bank of England governor, what is his legacy?
The Carney era was one in which the bank became more talkative, and not always to the good.
ByReduced lending by banks affecting recovery
Senior bankers claimed that recession-hit consumers and businesses had reduced borrowing
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