Ben Broadbent

Britain’s inflation rate dropped in March when oil prices tumbled and the coronavirus crisis escalated, official data showed on Wednesday, with a fall(...)

Image of the week: Empty podium It wasn’t the best of trips to Luxembourg this week for Boris Johnson, who failed to show up at a press conference on(...)

The appointment of the next governor of the Bank of England will be pushed back until after the forthcoming election, the Financial Times reported, ci(...)

UK chancellor Philip Hammond has fired the starting pistol on the government’s search for a new Bank of England governor to replace the central bank’s(...)

British exporters are unprepared for leaving the European Union, according to a survey published Friday. Almost half have yet to review their strateg(...)

The Bank of England has issued a new Brexit warning. A reduction in trade with the European Union after leaving the bloc would be damaging to the UK b(...)

Many influential interests and opinion-formers detest today’s ultra-low interest rates. They are also clear who is to blame: central banks. British p(...)

The Bank of England is not indifferent to the level of sterling, its governor said on Friday, giving a boost to the battered pound which has slumped i(...)

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney delivered an upbeat assessment of Britain’s membership of the European Union on Wednesday, which is likely to be(...)

Why are interest rates so low? The best answer is that the advanced countries are still in a “managed depression”. This malady is deep. It will not(...)