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Ben Broadbent

May 2024

  •  A bus passes the Bank of England

    UK interest rate cut is ‘possible’ this summer, says Bank of England deputy

    Ben Broadbent says direct impact of Covid and Ukraine war on inflation has faded and BoE is waiting for longer-term effects to decline

March 2024

  • The Bank of England in London

    The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s week ahead: it’s time to start cutting rates

    Editorial: High rates only prolong economic stagnation and the farce of big bank profits while Britons can’t feed themselves

February 2024

  • Clare Lombardelli

    Clare Lombardelli named deputy governor of Bank of England

    Ex-Treasury official and adviser to David Cameron will replace Ben Broadbent, making MPC majority female for first time

November 2022

  • The facade of the Bank of England in central London

    The Guardian view on the Bank of England: on the side of profit, not people

    Editorial: The Bank places an oppressive thumb on the scale of economic justice, to guarantee the dominance of extractive interests

October 2022

  • Ben Broadbent, the Bank’s deputy governor for monetary policy, spoke at Imperial College London on Thursday.

    Interest rates unlikely to rise above 5%, says Bank of England official

    Ben Broadbent says increase already priced into markets would deliver ‘pretty material’ hit to economy

February 2021

  • closed pub with chains on door

    UK consumers likely to hold off spending on socialising, senior Bank official predicts

    Ben Broadbent says switch to areas with lower infection risk could linger after lockdown

April 2019

  • Clockwise from top left: Sharon White, Andy Haldane, Raghuram Rajan and Shriti Vadera.

    Names in the frame to be Bank of England governor

    From Raghuram Rajan to Janet Yellen or Andy Haldane, who is in the running to succeed Mark Carney?

May 2018

  • Catherine Bennett

    A new low in mansplaining – menopause as a metaphor for a failing economy

    Catherine Bennett
  • Ben Broadbent, deputy governor of the Bank of England

    Actually, a ‘menopausal’ economy would be more productive

    Jayne-Anne Gadhia
  • Ben Broadbent (left), deputy governor of the Bank of England, and Mark Carney, its governor, at a press conference last year

    The Guardian view on the Bank of England: keep the menopause out of economic theory

  • Ben Broadbent

    Deputy Bank governor apologises for 'menopausal economy' comment

  • Pass notes
    Menopausal: how an ill-advised analogy left the Bank of England deputy red faced

  • Nils Pratley on finance
    Bank deputy fails test for top job with 'menopause' comment

    Nils Pratley

August 2017

  • Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi at 2014’s Jackson Hole event in Wyoming

    Global investors look to Jackson Hole for signs of how QE will end

    Central bankers at meeting will be under pressure to explain how they will exit huge stimulus packages started after the financial crisis
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