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The Bank of England has the responsibility for designing and issuing banknotes. In the United K ...tes is a coloured decorative background on the left, upon which the words "Bank of England" appear along with the words "I Promise To Pay The Bearer On Demand The Sum

::Bank of England raises the bank rate from 4.5% to 5.5%

...ing, the US dollar and the Euro are published are published monthly by the Bank of England. A rise in a country’s effective exchange rate index is generally taken t

1890 ''Barings'' crisis. The [[Bank of England]] organises rescue of Barings bank by the ''Rothschilds'' bank. : The [[Bank of England]] announces its ''Special Liquidity Scheme''[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk

...Peston reports that the ''Northern Rock'' bank was seeking help from the Bank of England.<br> * Bank of England announces its ''Special Liquidity Scheme'' to allow banks to swap some of t

...I would agree with Paul A. Volcker (and also Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England) that some kind of separation between institutions that deal primarily in t

...use before the 17th century, especially for large transactions. When the Bank of England was established in 1694, it made its first loan to the government of the da ...e market price of gold to £4 10s an ounce by 1809 and a depletion of the Bank of England's gold reserves. A letter to a newspaper by the economist David Ricardo exp

* 1694 Formation of the Bank of England[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/history/index.htm]

* April: The Bank of England announces its ''Special Liquidity Scheme'' to allow banks to swap some of t * January: The [[Bank of England]] is to set up a Treasury-financed ''Asset Purchase Facility'' to buy high-

...nd read [[geography]] at [[Oxford University]]. She later worked for the [[Bank of England]] (1985-1997) and as a local councillor in the [[London Borough of Merton]]

*Bank of England Financial Stability Reports [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/fs

'''Treasury and Bank of England proposals''' [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_57_09.htm#primaryConten

...adequately for that support operation'' (referring to joint action by the Bank of England, the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority)<ref>[http://www.publica

...Adam S Posen: ''How flexible can inflation targeting be and still work?'', Bank of England External MPC Unit, October 2011]</ref>). ...of the Bank of England’s Market Operations'', A consultative paper by the Bank of England, October 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.ecb.europa.eu/mopo/implement/intro/htm

...Management bailout, and more recently the bailout of Northern Rock by the Bank of England. In most, if not all, of these situations, excessive risk-takers (countries

...gly deflationary stance in the following two years, and sharp rises in the Bank of England's discount rate added to the downward pressure on economic activity. That d ...the time. It was strongly supported by Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, and by Benjamin Strong, the Governor of the New York Federal Reserve Ba

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...influential commentator, Walter Bagehot, urged that in a future panic the Bank of England should "advance freely and vigorously to the public out of its reserves"<r ...len Hoggart and Jack Reidhill: ''Resolution of Banking Crises: a Review'', Bank of England Financial Stability Review: December 2003 ]</ref>. The preventative measure

...onomic warfare]] attacks on a national currency was based there, targeting Bank of England notes, Operation Bernhard.<ref name=Bernhard>{{citation

...licy091121.pdf ''The Role of Macroprudential Policy'', a discussion paper, Bank of England, November 2009]</ref> ...licy091121.pdf ''The Role of Macroprudential Policy'', a discussion paper, Bank of England, November 2009]</ref>. A suggestion by International Fund economists that [