The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Bailey

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey's early Christmas present to the City

Picture the scene: Threadneedle Street, in the heart of the Square Mile, a bowler hat’s throw away from several of City Spy’s best-capitalised pubs and bars.  

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

UK house prices to ‘fall up to 4%’ in 2024; business activity picks up in December – as it happened

Halifax says no signs of spike in ‘forced sales’; eurozone heading for recession while UK avoids recession, surveys suggest

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023

Bank of England keeps interest rates at 15-year-high

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the third time in a row and indicated that cuts are unlikely in the coming…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 14, 2023

Bank of England To Assess Risks AI Poses To UK Financial Stability

AI and machine learning have been used across the financial sector for at least a decade, such as to help detect fraud and money laundering.

International Business Times UK · Dec 6, 2023

Bank Of England To Review Systemic Risks Posed By AI

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widespread, the Bank of England's financial policy committee has grown increasingly concerned about the systemic threats posed by the broader adoption of AI.

International Business Times · Dec 6, 2023

Bank of England will review the risks that AI poses to UK financial stability

The Bank of England says it will make an assessment next year about the risks posed by artificial intelligence and machine learning

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Blow for Rishi Sunak as UK to have second-slowest growth in G7

The OECD slashes its economic growth forecast for UK, while increasing expected inflation rate

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

OPINION - There's an uncomfortable truth about immigration, but neither Keir Starmer nor Rishi Sunak dare say it

Cheerful news: Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England governor, thinks the economic outlook for the year ahead is “worst I have ever seen” — a challenge of such severity that it should be the main preoccupation of both the Government and its possible Labour heirs. Instead, fizzing anxiety at Westminster…

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2023

Andrew Bailey says Britain’s growth prospects are among the worst he has ever seen

The governor of the Bank of England offered a scathing assessment of Britain’s future, saying interest rates will remain at 15-year highs and the rate at which inflation is falling will slow markedly this month

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

OPINION - From interest rates to inflation and growth, Andrew Bailey is fresh out of good news

Might interest rates begin to fall soon? With inflation dropping below five per cent and the UK economy flirting with recession, it's the question everyone from the prime minister to first-time buyers is asking. But this morning, the Governor of the Bank of England poured cold sick all over the…

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023