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Opinion

Missing the target

Does the latest Bank of England inflation report signal that Mervyn King has given up on a 2 per cent target, asks Thomas Paterson

23 Nov 2011

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Feature

Project Merlin is no magic fix to lending

Finance directors must better argue their case if they want help with credit

15 Apr 2011

Analysis

Mervyn King warns UK growth in 2011 will be weak

SMEs are increasingly looking abroad for growth

18 Feb 2011

News

Government to name new financial watchdog members

Committee will work alongside the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee

17 Feb 2011

News

Manufacturing activity expands at record rate

UK manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at highest reading since the survey began in 1992.

01 Feb 2011

News

King forecasts income squeeze as inflation rises

King predicted inflation would rise to between four percent and five percent, more than double the bank's two percent target.

26 Jan 2011

Opinion

Deputy Editor’s Blog: Squeaky bum time

It is squeaky bum time for the Bank of England's monetary policy committee

18 Jan 2011

News

Inflation jumps in December

CPI rate increases to 3.7 percent

18 Jan 2011

News

Bank of England urged to keep rates on hold

Ernst & Young warns hiking rates will harm recovery

17 Jan 2011

News

Blanchflower says Mervyn King must resign

Former BoE policymaker David Blanchflower says governor must quit amid Wikileaks revelations

01 Dec 2010

News

Cameron and Osborne 'weak', according to King leak

Bank of England governor concerned by lack of experience

01 Dec 2010

News

King 'excessively political' claims MPC's Posen

Mervyn King criticised for endorsing coalition government's plans to cut the budget deficit

26 Nov 2010

Opinion

Comprehensive Spending Review answers few questions

It will be politics, not economics, that will determine if cuts made now instead of later were the right move

22 Nov 2010

News

Inflation worries Bank of England's Weale

Policymaker calls for no change to monetary policy

15 Nov 2010

News

Posen warns spending review will stifle growth

UK economy to take "material" hit from government cuts

29 Oct 2010

News

Bank of England's Charles Bean admits recession was a surprise

Central bank failed to spot recession

28 Oct 2010

News

Bank of England was split three ways

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has split over interest rates and quantitative easing

20 Oct 2010

Opinion

What is the point of Monetary Policy Committee inflation meetings?

The MPC is missing inflation targets with impunity. Does the target itself matter anymore?

27 Sep 2010

Analysis

Global accounting framework for integrated sustainability reporting

Top CFOs and regulators are driving an initiative to form a global accounting framework for integrated sustainability reporting

27 Aug 2010

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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