Tag Archives: central bank

What has the MPC got to hide?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by

News to light the fires of the paranoid and conspiracy theorists out there: The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the group which decides on interest rates each month, keeps no minutes of their meetings. We’ve argued on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Real interest rates already are negative

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Today it was announced that the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England was considering lowering the base rate further still, beyond the current 0.5% into negative terrority. Quite how this is supposed to solve our economic problems isn’t clear. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment