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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending 3 August 2016, the MPC voted for a package of measures designed to provide additional support to growth and...

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said that the central bank was not seeking any further fall in the level of sterling which now appeared to be fairly valued. more...

Britain’s economic recovery is off-track, Sir Mervyn King warned on Tuesday night as he defended the Bank of England’s decision to pump money into the economy again by purchasing £75 billion ($118.2 billion) of gilts over the next four months, the FT reports. more...

There are four potential combination outcomes for the Bank of England and European Central Bank meetings on Thursday. Here's how to trade them. more...

The Bank of England (BoE) considered a further round of quantitative easing to help boost the flagging UK economy, the latest minutes of its interest rate setting committee, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) showed on Wednesday. more...

Banking regulators should consider temporarily lowering capital requirements in an effort to boost the feeble supply of credit to the economy, according to a top official at the Bank of England, the FT reports. more...

The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to hold rates on Thursday after weaker than expected gross domestic product (GDP) figures last week effectively killed off any hope of a rate rise this year. more...

Speed limits would cool the "arms race" of ultra-fast trading that has sparked price "abnormalities" and may destabilise markets, a top Bank of England official said on Friday. more...

Trichet is vigilant, a Bank of England official is dovish, and central bank managers are down on the dollar. Time for your FX Fix. more...