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LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney denied on Sunday that he had compromised the central bank’s independence by warning of the short-run costs of leaving the European Union, after criticism from “Out” campaigners. Last week the BoE

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is facing calls to be fired after the bank warned that leaving the European Union could plunge Britain into a recession, causing house prices to crash and wages to fall. Dismissing the warnings

The artist J. M. W. Turner will appear on the new £20 note, Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced Friday. The new design will include Joseph Mallord William Turner’s self-portrait and his 1838 oil painting “The Fighting Temeraire”. “Turner

The euro currency union has been a disaster that has led the German dominance of the European Union (EU), and is doomed to failure, the former head of the Bank of England has warned. In an extraordinary attack on the

The Eurozone is doomed to fail and should be put out of its misery as soon as possible, the former governor of the Bank of England has said. Lord (Mervyn) King of Lothbury says that further steps towards fiscal union

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England on Friday became the first major Western central bank to set out its stall for sharia-compliant deposit facilities as Britain seeks to pitch London as the preeminent global centre for Islamic finance. Born

Britain’s central bank, the Bank of England, has stated that the high level of immigration that Britain is currently experiencing does in fact lead to lower wages, with those hurt most by the policy being on the semi-skilled or unskilled end

LONDON (Reuters) – Concerns among British employers about a new, higher UK minimum wage are contributing to a sharp slowdown in hiring via recruitment firms, according to a survey published on Thursday. The number of people hired last month for

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday that companies must be more open about their “climate change footprint” to avoid abrupt changes in asset prices that could destabilise markets. The speed at which assets

A senior Bank of England official has said British workers lose out on pay rises because cheap migrant labour takes up low-skilled jobs. Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent, one of just four at the bank, was speaking at ‘Understanding the Great Recession:

Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years, the Bank of England announced this week. There is even the risk of ‘negative inflation’ in the months ahead. In today’s missive, we attempt to pull the wool back from

The Governor of the Bank of England has called for further eurozone integration if the monetary union is “to avoid a lost decade”. Speaking in Dublin at an event to honour the Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty, Mark Carney said, “It