Bank of England

The government's use of quantitative easing (QE) has given pension funds a boost, Bank of England (BoE) economist David Miles has claimed.

Market participants are expecting interest rates in the UK to remain on hold until late 2014, according to Bank of England policymakers.

MISSING MONEY

European banks have borrowed €529bn from the European Central Bank (ECB) in the second tranche of its three-year long-term refinancing operation (LTRO), asking for more support than forecast.

Quantitative easing (QE) will not have a significant impact on pensioner incomes, Charles Bean, deputy governor of the Bank of England (BoE) has claimed.

OBSR investment research analyst Marianne Weller examines whether there is any value in UK government bonds and reveals the best gilt funds in the market.

A shadow minister has hit out at the changes already being made to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the regulatory landscape before Parliament has a chance to legislate on them.

The eurozone crisis presents the biggest challenge to the UK economy which will likely follow a "zig zag" pattern of uncertain growth, said the governor of the Bank of England yesterday.

Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos accused European leaders of "playing with fire" by trying to oust the beleaguered country from the eurozone amid fears they want to delay releasing the €130bn (£108bn) bail-out until after Greek elections in...

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