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At the height of the eurozone crisis the Bank of England warned the Treasury that it needed a comprehensive contingency plan to prop up Britain's banks, documents published by the central bank have revealed.
Unveiling Jane Austen on banknotes.
UK house price inflation has hit a four-year high, according to official figures that will intensify the debate about whether policymakers need to take steps to cool the market.
The debate about house prices is reignited on Mondayamid claims by Britain's biggest property website that prices for homes have come "off the boil".
Britain is still unprepared for another financial crash and its banks have yet to strenghten their reserves sufficiently to survive another crisis, according to a senior Bank of England official.
Major investors could face huge losses if they continue to be complacent about the impact of rising interest rates on their riskier trades, the Bank of England's financial policy committee has warned.
This is a big week. A very big week. A several-billion-dollar week, in fact, if you happen to be a Wall Street banker.
It's a mystery.
If Mark Carney was going to live up to his billing as a "rock star central banker" – and his £874,000 a year pay package – he had to arrive in Threadneedle Street on a crashing crescendo.
The Bank of England is to force banks to hold more capital in the face of rapid growth in lending on credit cards, car finance and personal loans.
The Bank of England was warned of the possibility that commercial property funds may be suspended because of the rate of withdrawals prompted by the Brexit vote.
Behind the easy-going manner, Bank of England governor Mark Carney is angry. The object of his anger is Sir John Vickers, the mild-mannered former deputy governor who keeps telling the world that Carney has gone soft on the bankers.
