MPC

The new body set up to regulate advisers may lack proper accountability and needs closer scrutiny of its role, according the chair of the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) Andrew Tyrie.

Away from the euro debt crisis deal which took centre stage in the nationals, MPC member Adam Posen issues a stark warning about slowing growth while a member of the incoming Financial Policy Committee says he will challenge any ‘group mentality' at the...

The Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) voted unanimously for an additional £75bn of quantitative easing at its latest meeting.

The governor of the Bank of England has predicted inflation is now at, or close to, its peak rate and will fall back "sharply" early next year.

George Osborne is set to face tough questions today about the coalition government's economic strategy after the Bank of England expanded quantitative easing by £75bn, a move he has previously called "the last resort of desperate governments".

The case for further QE in the UK "significantly strengthened" in the past month, with any repeat of recent economic woes likely to lead to further stimulus, the MPC has said.

Adam Posen, the external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has upped his call for more quantitative easing (QE) to £100bn and proposed a ‘public bank' for businesses struggling to find credit on the highstreet.

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at their record low level of 0.5% following the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

A Bank of England policymaker has warned about the increasing complexity of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and the risks to investors and the financial system.

There are clear signs of a rift within the MPC over interest rates as deputy governor Paul Tucker said he is close to voting for a rise.