Bank of England

There will be no changes to the current bank rate of 0.5% or to the asset purchasing programme of £375bn until spare capacity in the economy reduces, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) said today.

The Governor of the Bank of England has indicated his policy of linking interest rates to unemployment could be scrapped less than six months after its creation.

Rachel Dalton looks at the implications for scheme investment

The Bank of England has again moved to temper expectations of an early rate rise, despite the UK unemployment rate dropping to close to the crucial 7% mark this morning.

The UK's headline inflation rate has fallen to its lowest level in four years after edging down to 2.1% in November.

Rachel Dalton explores how investors should react to the Bank of England’s revised unemployment threshold

The Bank of England has sharply revised its unemployment forecasts but emphasised this does not mean it is guaranteed to hike rates once the 7% threshold is reached.

UK economic recovery can only be good news for DB schemes. Charlotte Moore reports

US employment figures for September have missed expectations which could all but rules out the prospect of a slowdown in US quantiative easing (QE) before 2014.

Taha Lokhandwala explores investors’ views on the impact of global loose monetary policy