An audience with Sir Mervyn: two queasy tightropes for the Bank
The phone call came in at 1230. An invitation to see Sir Mervyn that would have been unthinkable three or four months ago. He has only done a round of interviews like this once before, in March 2009, when QE was first launched. We only seem to get these audiences when the Governor has decided to create magic money to try to cure an ailing British economy. And I identify two tightropes he is walking.