Bank of England: Don't blame us for scheme deficits

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Quantitative easing's impact on spiralling pension scheme deficits has been "exaggerated" and threatens to distract trustees from bigger funding problems, the Bank of England deputy governor said today.

Charlie Bean told the National Association of Pension Fund's local authority conference in Gloucestershire that declining business investment and collapsing equity prices were more to blame for a d...

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