Letter from Andrew Bailey 'The Bank’s policies on reserve accounts and Quantitative Tightening.'
Letter to Richard Tice MP
Letter to Richard Tice MP
The Bank of England (BoE) has renewed the Statement of Commitment to the FX Global Code (‘Code’) based on the revised Code dated December 2024
This Market Notice sets out the schedule for sales in Q3 2025 of gilts held in the Asset Purchase Facility (APF) for monetary policy purposes.
The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.
This box describes the Eurosystem liquidity conditions and monetary policy operations in the first and second reserve maintenance periods of 2025, from 5 February to 22 April 2025.
This box summarises the findings of a recent ECB survey of leading non-financial companies on the outlook for business investment. The responding firms anticipate more subdued euro area investment growth over the next three years but increasing investment in other advanced economies and emerging markets. The responses suggest that, among major recent developments, technological change is the most important factor influencing investment strategies.
This box provides an overview of how US multinational enterprises (MNEs) shape euro area trade patterns. It focuses particularly on trade with the United States in the light of ongoing trade tensions and their potential impact. MNEs based in the United States contribute substantially to euro area economic activity. In particular, these companies shape euro area trade in goods with the United States via substantial exports of pharmaceutical products, intragroup trade and contract manufacturing.
Harmonising European post-trade activities is essential for bolstering capital markets and better serving European citizens and companies. Progress is required in both enhancing the current landscape and developing digital solutions. This article concentrates on the present post-trade environment, with a particular focus on non-harmonised elements, particularly in securities settlement, collateral management and asset servicing.
Euro area services inflation has been persistent owing to a combination of factors, including a delayed response of some services prices to past shocks. This, in part, reflects staggered price setting, as the price changes of a large share of the services basket take place in just one or two months of the year. This box identifies the services items with such pricing patterns and shows that the inflation rate of services items with an annual repricing pattern responded to the past inflationary shocks with some lag.
Exchange of letters between the Governor and the Chancellor