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3 days ago · The Bank of England (BoE) is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the people of the United Kingdom.
Interest rates and Bank Rate | Bank of England
Aug 1, 2024 · Bank Rate is the single most important interest rate in the UK. In the news, it's sometimes called the ‘Bank of England base rate’ or even just ‘the interest rate’. Our Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets Bank Rate.
What does the Bank of England do?
Founded in 1694, the Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the ‘Old Lady’ of Threadneedle Street, the Bank’s mission is to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.
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Bank of England Agenda for Research, 2025-2028 Fintech The Future of Finance - our response
Banknotes - Bank of England
Dec 20, 2022 · The Bank of England has been issuing banknotes for over 300 years. There are over 4.6 billion Bank of England notes in circulation. Together they are worth about £82 billion.
Monetary policy - Bank of England
Nov 7, 2024 · Monetary policy is action that a country's central bank or government can take to influence how much money is in the economy and how much it costs to borrow. As the UK’s central bank, we use two main monetary policy tools.
Statistics - Bank of England
Dec 30, 2024 · The Bank of England gathers, analyses and publishes data from financial institutions, which we use to inform our policy decisions and to supervise firms. We also publish data relating to our other activities as a central bank, such …
The Bank of England's supervision of financial market …
Dec 20, 2024 · Today (18 December) the Bank published its Financial Market Infrastructure Report. This report sets out the work undertaken over the past year in relation to financial market infrastructure to deliver the Bank’s financial stability objective and secondary innovation objective.
The Bank of England Act 1998 gives the Bank of England operational responsibility for setting monetary policy to meet the Government’s inflation target. Operational decisions are taken by the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee. The minutes of the Committee meeting ending on 18 December will be published on 19 December 2024.
Operational resilience in a macroprudential framework - Bank of …
In March 2024, the Bank of England’s (the Bank’s) Financial Policy Committee (FPC) published a Financial Stability in Focus on its macroprudential approach to operational resilience. This paper supplements that with further staff analysis and includes supporting detail …
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