Faisal Islam
Carney’s recent musing on UK jobs and housing bubbles
Bank of England governor-elect Mark Carney’s recent comments suggest an acceptance of higher inflation. So what are his plans for the UK economy?
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Future BoE boss Mark Carney ‘open to inflation debate’
In a wide ranging debate the incoming Bank of England governor says he is open to changing UK monetary policy, but that he favours flexible inflation targets – and defends his £800,000 pay packet.
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Can Carney wield his wand to heal UK’s wounded economy?
Great things are expected of Canada’s Mark Carney, the new Bank of England governor. But questions are now being asked about the health of the economy he leaves behind.
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Mervyn King: time to review inflation targets
Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, says it is time to review inflation targeting and describes the UK economy as a patient that needs reviving. Faisal Islam reports from Davos.
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‘Long and winding’ UK recovery, warns Mervyn King
The Bank of England governor unveils new forecasts which show both weaker economic growth and higher inflation compared to previous predictions from the bank.
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Faisal Islam
After 20 years, time to change Merv’s medicine?
As the Bank of England’s governor tells the government it can ease off the inflation target, Economics Editor Faisal Islan asks whether it’s the right direction to go.
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Faisal Islam
The governor’s green light
Sir Mervyn King offers green lights to George Osborne, but promises no green shoots to the rest of us. Faisal Islam dissects the Bank of England governor’s comments in Thursday’s live interview.
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King’s ‘acceptable excuse’ for missing debt target
A green light for George Osborne to miss the debt target? In his interview on Channel 4 News, Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King hints that slow world growth would be an “acceptable excuse”.
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Sir Mervyn King on Channel 4 News
Exclusive: Watch here as Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King is interviewed by Jon Snow.
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Sir Mervyn’s misfortune on inflation targets
As Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King takes part in his first live television interview, Channel 4 News charts the above-target inflation rates during the latter half of his tenure.
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Economic crisis: four stories for Sir Mervyn
Ahead of tonight’s extended Channel 4 News interview with Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King, we look at how the country’s economic problems have affected the lives of four people.
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Faisal Islam
How close was Barclays to the abyss in 2008?
Today’s cache of Paul tucker emails released by the Bank of England puts the Libor scandal in a rather different context. The big picture here: the post-07 Libor “scandal” is the tree. The concerning financial health of Barclays Bank in October 2998 is the woods. The now Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is shown to be exchanging emails about Barclays’ financial position from a full week before the famous conversation that some have depicted as a Labour plot to illegally to manipulate Libor.
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Jon Snow
Amid the Barclays scandal: the test of true reform
The reputation of the British Bankers Association has been brought low; the credibility of that agreed interest rate the Libor, has been traduced; the reputations of the mega forces at the top of British banking are on the floor; and confidence in the regulatory forces at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Bank of England are also in question, writes Jon Snow.
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Bob Diamond: no ‘instruction’ to alter borrowing rates
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond tells MPs he did not believe he was “instructed” by the Bank of England to submit lower borrowing rates during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Barclays releases key Bob Diamond memo
Following the resignation of Bob Diamond in the midst of the bank lending scandal , Barclays releases a memo of a phone conversation between Mr Diamond and Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker.
