I don't know Sir Mervyn King particularly well. I've talked with the Bank of England Governor รก deux just a few times over the years, always at official functions. 05 May 2012 The Bank of England is expected to freeze its £325bn stimulus programme, signalling it is more concerned about high inflation than Britain's return to recession. 05 May 2012 OK, I bought It bags and shoes, but nobody warned me not to, says Judith Woods. 05 May 2012 British shares dropped sharply on Friday as global stock markets fell after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures and poor eurozone services data cast doubts over recovery in the world economy. 04 May 2012 US unemployment fell to 8.1pc in April as 115,000 jobs were created, but the bulk of the drop was due to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who stopped looking for work. 04 May 2012 The eurozone's vast services sector shrivelled at a much faster rate in April than initially thought, a business survey showed on Friday, suggesting that the bloc's recession could extend through to mid-year. 04 May 2012 House prices continued to "fluctuate quite widely" in April as the average price dropped 2.4pc, said mortgage lender Halifax. 04 May 2012 Sir Mervyn King has come under increasing pressure to launch an official review of the Bank of England's handling of the financial crisis amid accusations that he has "rewritten history" to suit the institution. 04 May 2012 So, did Sir Mervyn King really know what was going on before the financial crisis and did the Bank really warn us, however sotto voce, that banks needed as much as £100bn in extra capital? 04 May 2012 Wealth among Britain's homeowners will not return to pre-recession levels until 2019, as almost 1m highly indebted "zombie" households hold back recovery, a leading think tank has warned. 04 May 2012 Lord O'Donnell has said he will "think about" being the next Governor of the Bank of England - defying the Chancellor's efforts to shut-down the succession debate. 04 May 2012 Eurozone growth must be "put back at the centre of the agenda," ECB president Mario Draghi said on Thursday, though he added that growth and fiscal compacts could work hand in hand. 03 May 2012 Sir Mervyn wants a legacy of reform, but it is his failings that will be best remembered, believes Jeremy Warner. 03 May 2012 Mario Draghi has called for eurozone leaders to agree labour and structural reforms that are binding - "not unlike" the fiscal pact. 03 May 2012 Growth in Britain's dominant services sector slowed more sharply than expected in April, suggesting the economy got off to a weak start in the second quarter. 03 May 2012 As confessions go, it was right up there with “the dog ate my homework”. 03 May 2012 The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to 365,000 last week, taking the largest monthly move downwards in nearly a year. 03 May 2012 The European Central Bank (ECB) held its key interest rates steady, as expected, leaving eurozone borrowing costs at the historic lows they have been at since December. 03 May 2012 Last night Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, called for stricter regulation in the banking sector to prevent another crippling financial crisis. This morning he praised UEFA for attempting the same thing. 03 May 2012 Sir Mervyn King claimed that the UK's economy will make a "steady, slow recovery" during 2012, as he admitted that the Bank of England must take a "share of the responsibility" for the financial crisis. 03 May 2012 The Governor of the Bank of England tells a BBC radio 4 lecture that they should have been 'shouting from the roof tops' about the dangers of a banking crisis. 03 May 2012 Sir Mervyn King has said - in a rare admission - that the Bank of England failed to do enough to warn about the risks building up in the banking sector ahead of the financial crisis. 03 May 2012 Government borrowing will rise this year despite £18bn of planned austerity measures due to falling tax receipts and weaker growth, the CBI has warned. 03 May 2012 Sir Mervyn King has attacked Britain's banks for bringing the country to the brink of ruin and demanded urgent reform to spare "our grandchildren" a similar fate. 02 May 2012 Sir Mervyn King has attacked Britain's banks for bringing the country to the brink of ruin and demanded urgent reform to spare "our grandchildren" a similar fate. Here is his speech on the BBC Today Programme Lecture in full. 02 May 2012Economics
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Sir Mervyn King's speech: in full
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