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Bank of England

Definitions

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  • proper noun The central bank of the United Kingdom.
  • proper noun The building in Threadneedle Street that houses it.
  • proper noun The organisation which controls this bank.

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Examples

  • Why on earth didn't she suggest short term Bank of England loans against security to replace the money market funds, coupled with whatever guarantee was needed to keep the depositors happy with their bank?

    John Redwood 2009

  • The data come a day before an eagerly anticipated interest-rate decision from the Bank of England, which is expected to keep its key interest rate on hold at 0.5%.

    U.K. Industrial Production Slumps Ainsley Thomson 2011

  • Gilts also are being underpinned by steady demand from the Bank of England, which is buying them as part of its second round of economy-stimulating asset purchases worth £75 billion $116 billion, announced in October.

    A Safer Shelter? Key U.K. Yield Below Germany's Neelabh Chaturvedi 2011

  • Gilts are also being underpinned by steady demand from the Bank of England, which is currently buying gilts as part of its second round of economy-stimulating asset purchases of £75 billion announced in October.

    Gilt Yields Neck and Neck With German Equivalent Nick Cawley 2011

  • Like all central banks, the Bank of England is a "lender of last resort," which means it can create money on its books without borrowing first.

    Ellen Brown: Deficit Terrorists Strike in the United Kingdom: United States of America Next? 2010

  • Also on the Mandelson front, it was interesting to hear him say on the Today Programme this morning that the government ‘encouraged’ the Bank of England, which is supposed to be independent, to indulge in quantitative easing.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Breaking from the Bank of England was the plan when America was settled.

    ‘Be afwaid! Be vewy, vewy afwaid!’ 2009

  • The board called the Bank of England's aggressive monetary easing steps "appropriate."

    IMF Warns U.K. Banks May Need More Capital 2009

  • Also on the Mandelson front, it was interesting to hear him say on the Today Programme this morning that the government ‘encouraged’ the Bank of England, which is supposed to be independent, to indulge in quantitative easing.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Also on the Mandelson front, it was interesting to hear him say on the Today Programme this morning that the government ‘encouraged’ the Bank of England, which is supposed to be independent, to indulge in quantitative easing.

    Mandelson: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water 2009

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