Speeches - By Speaker

Here are the details of speeches made by Bank personnel which have been made available to the public sorted by speaker.

Current Staff

Mervyn King, Governor
Mr Charles Bean, Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability
Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability
Spencer Dale, Executive Director (Chief Economist) & MPC Member
Paul Fisher, Executive Director, Markets and MPC Member
Andrew Haldane, Executive Director, Financial Stability
Ms Kate Barker, MPC Member
Timothy Besley, MPC Member
David Miles, MPC Member
Andrew Sentance, MPC Member
Nigel Jenkinson, Adviser to the Governor
Other Bank Personnel

Former Staff

Mr Christopher Allsopp (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2003. Replaced by Richard Lambert)
Ms Marian Bell, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 30 June 2005. Replaced by David Walton)
Prof. David Blanchflower, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2009. Replaced by David Miles)
Sir Alan Budd (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 1999. Replaced by Dr Sushil Wadhwani)
Willem Buiter (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2000. Replaced by Professor Stephen Nickell)
Alastair Clark, Adviser to the Governor (retired on 5 April 2007)
(Executive Director between 1 March 1997 - 30 September 2003)
David Clementi (Ceased to be Deputy Governor wef 31 August 2002. Replaced by Sir Andrew Large)
Edward George (Ceased to be Governor wef 30 June 2003. Replaced by Mervyn King)
Sir John Gieve (Ceased to be Deputy Governor, Financial Stability wef 28 February 2009. Replaced by Paul Tucker)
Professor Charles Goodhart (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2000. Replaced by Christopher Allsopp)
DeAnne Julius (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2001. Replaced by Kate Barker)
Richard Lambert, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 23 March 2006. Replaced by Tim Besley)
Sir Andrew Large, (Ceased to be Deputy Governor, Financial Stability and member of the MPC wef 16 January 2006. Replaced by Sir John Gieve)
Ms Rachel Lomax (ceased to be Deputy Governor on 30 June 2008. Replaced by Charles Bean).
Professor Stephen Nickell, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2006. Replaced by David Blanchflower)
Ian Plenderleith (Ceased to be an Executive Director wef 31 May 2002. Replaced by Paul Tucker)
John Vickers (Ceased to be an Executive Director wef 30 September 2000. Replaced by Charles Bean)
Dr Sushil Wadhwani (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2002. Replaced by Marian Bell)
David Walton, (Former MPC member who died on the 21 June 2006. Replaced by Andrew Sentance).

Mervyn King, Governor
1 July 2003 - Present
Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, January 1998 - June 2003
Chief Economist and Executive Director, March 1991 - December 1998
Non-executive Director of the Bank, March 1990 - February 1991

Mansion House Dinner (40k)
At the Lord Mayor's Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House on 17 June 2009

Finance: A Return from Risk (71k)
To the Worshipful Company of International Bankers at Mansion House in London on 17 March 2009

CBI Dinner, Nottingham (64k)
To the CBI Dinner, Nottingham, at the East Midlands Conference Centre on 20 January 2009

CBI, Institute of Directors (39k)
Leeds Chamber of Commerce and Yorkshire Forward at the Royal Armouries, Leeds on 21 October 2008

Mansion House Dinner (27k)
At the Lord Mayor’s Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House on 18 June 2008

Banking and the Bank of England (43k)
Speech to the British Bankers Association, London on 10 June 2008

Extract from a speech to the Bank of Israel, Jerusalem (20k)
on 31 March 2008

Speech at a dinner hosted by the CBI and the IoD South West at the Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol (37k)
on 22 January 2008

Speech at the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belfast (32k)
on 9 October 2007

Mansion House Dinner (33k)
At the Lord Mayor’s Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House on 20 June 2007

Speech to a CBI Dinner, Wales (36k)
on 11 June 2007

The MPC Ten Years On (165k)
Lecture to the Society of Business Economists on 2 May 2007

Speech to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet (35k)
on 23 January 2007

Through the Looking Glass:
Reform of the International Institutions (56k)
Inaugural International Distinguished Lecture to the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, Australia on 21 December.

Speech at the Best of the Black Country Awards (21k)
in Wolverhampton on 16 November 2006.

Trusting in Money: From Kirkcaldy to the MPC
The Adam Smith Lecture 2006 (72k)
In Kirkcaldy, Scotland on 29 October 2006.

Speech at the Great Hall in Winchester
Given on 10 October 2006 (35k)

Mansion House Dinner (108k)
At the Lord Mayor’s Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House on 21 June 2006.

Speech at a dinner hosted by Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce (ECC) (110k)
In Scotland on 12 June 2006

Reform of the International Monetary Fund (121k)
At the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in New Delhi, India on 20 February 2006

Speech at a Dinner for Kent Business Contacts in Conjunction with the Kent Messenger Group/Kent Business (103k)
in Ashford, Kent on 16 January 2006

CBI North East Annual Dinner (96k)
Given in Gateshead on 11 October 2005

Jackson Hole Symposium (82k)
Remarks to the Central Bank Governors’ Panel in Wyoming, USA on 27 August 2005

Mansion House Dinner (113k)
At the Lord Mayor’s Banquet for Bankers and Merchants
of the City of London at the Mansion House on 22 June 2005

Speech at a Dinner at Salts Mill in Bradford, Yorkshire (77k)
on 13 June 2005

Monetary Policy: Practice Ahead of Theory (294k)
Given at the Mais Lecture at the Cass Business School, City University in London on 17 May 2005

The International Monetary System (86k)
At the Advancing Enterprise 2005 Conference in London on 4 February 2005

Speech to the CBI Dinner in Manchester (84k)
on 20 January 2005

What Fates Impose: Facing up to Uncertainty (398k)
Eighth British Academy Annual Lecture, 2004 in London
on 1 December 2004

Bank of England's Court Dinner at the Eden Project, Cornwall
(101k)
on 12 October 2004

Mansion House Dinner (88k)
At the Lord Mayor's Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House on 16 June 2004

CBI Scotland Dinner (89k)
Glasgow Hilton Hotel on 14 June 2004

Panel on EU/US Cooperation (76k)
Opening Remarks at the Advancing Enterprise Conference, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 26 January 2004

Annual Birmingham Forward/CBI Business Luncheon (108k)
At Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham on 20 January 2004
The New Inflation Target Highlights of the Speech

The Institutions of Monetary Policy - The Ely Lecture 2004
(278k)
Lecture at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego on 4 January 2004
Final revised version updated 12 January 2004

Comments made on 3 January 2004 by Mervyn King, Governor
(126k)
Remarks made in a panel discussion on Alan Greenspan's speech on Risk and Uncertainty in Monetary Policy, given at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting in San Diego on 4 January 2004

East Midlands Development Agency/Bank of England Dinner
(86k)
In Leicester on 14 October 2003

The Inflation Target Ten Years On (111k)
To the London School of Economics on Tuesday 19 November 2002

The Monetary Policy Committee Five Years On (49k)
To the Society of Business Economists at the Royal College of Pathologists, London on Wednesday 22 May 2002

Monetary Policy in the UK: Challenges Ahead (78k)
To the British Chambers of Commerce National Conference, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, 23 April 2002

Three Questions and a Forecast
To the annual dinner of the CBI North East Region in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday 22 November 2001

The International Financial System: A New Partnership
to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Dehli, India, 9 August 2001

"Hanes Dwy Ddinas" or "A Tale of Two Cities"
to the Cardiff Business School, 18 June 2001

No Country is an Island
to the Institute of Petroleum Annual Dinner at The Grovesnor House Hotel, London (21 February 2001)

Balancing the Economic See-Saw
by Mervyn King, Deputy Governor, to the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and Industry 187th Anniversary Banquet, 14 April 2000

Monetary Policy and Manufacturing Industry
by Deputy Governor, Mervyn King, to the Black Country Consortuim at Molineux, Wolverhampton, 29 March 2000

Monetary Policy: Theory in Practice
Address by Deputy Governor, Mervyn King, to the joint luncheon of the American Economic Association and the American Finance Association, Boston Marriott Hotel, 7 January 2000

"Interest Rates and the UK Economy - A Policy for all Seasons"
by Deputy Governor, Mervyn King speaking to the Scottish Council Development and Industy, Edinburgh, 11 October 1999.

"Reforming the International Financial System: The Middle Way"
(43k)
by Deputy Governor, Mervyn King delivered to a session of the Money Marketeers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 9 September 1999

"Challenges for Monetary Policy: New and Old" (170k)
by Deputy Governor , Mervyn King prepared for the Symposium on “New Challenges for Monetary Policy” sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 27 August 1999.

The Monetary Policy Committee Two Years On (54k)
Speech by the Mervyn King, Deputy Governor on 17 May 1999

Monetary Policy and the Labour Market
Speech by Mervyn King at the Employment Policy Institute's Fourth Annual Lecture (1 December 1998)

National Council of Building Material Producers
(21 October 1998)

The UK Economy and Monetary Policy - Looking Ahead
Speech by Mervyn King at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference (27 May 1998)

The Inflation Target Five years On (108k)
Lecture delivered by Mervyn King at the LSE on 29 October 1997

Charles Bean, Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, July 2008 - present
Executive Director (Chief Economist) and MPC Member 1 October 2000 - June 2008.

Speech by Charles Bean (25k)
Given at Cutlers' Feast, Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield on 21 May 2009

The Economic Outlook (320k)
Remarks at the National Farmers Union Annual Conference,
Birmingham on 16 February 2009.

Some Lessons for Monetary Policy from the Recent Financial Turmoil (30k)
Remarks given at a conference on Globalisation, Inflation and Monetary Policy in Istanbul on 22 November 2008.

Business Surveys and Monetary Policy (24k)
Accompanying slides (369k)
At the CBI Industrial Trends Survey 50th Anniversary Reception, Centre Point, London on 24 July 2008.

Walking the Tightrope: Prospects for the UK Economy (181k)
To members of the Community of the Ismaili Centre on
17 April 2008.

Risk, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy (191k)
To Dow Jones at City Club in Old Broad Street on 31 October 2007.

"The Meaning of Internal Balance" Thirty Years On (172k)
At the James Meade Centenary conference on 13 July 2007.

Speech on the Economic Outlook (24k)
To a business audience at the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield on 21 February 2007.

"Globalisation and Inflation" (44k)
to the LSE Economics Society, London School of Economics on
24 October 2006.
Accompanying PowerPoint Slides (124k)

Jackson Hole Symposium (99k)
Comments in response to a paper by Ken Rogoff – "Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy" in Wyoming, USA. in Wyoming, USA on 26 August 2006

Jackson Hole Symposium

(86k)
Commenting on a paper by Bob Hall entitled “Separating the Business Cycle from Other Economic Fluctuations” in Wyoming, USA on 26 August 2005

Monetary Policy in an Uncertain World (128k)
Speech at the Oxonia Distinguished Speaker seminar in Oxford
on 22 February 2005
Accompanying PowerPoint Slides (176k)

Speech at the Colchester Town Partnership Annual Dinner in Colchester (81k)
on 25 November 2004

Global Demographic Change: Some Implications for Central Banks (103k)
Speech at the Overview Panel, FRB Kansas City Annual Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming on 28 August 2004

Some Current Issues in UK Monetary Policy (114k)
Speech to the Institute of Economic Affairs, London on
28 July 2004

Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: A Central Banker's View (145k)
Speech at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego on 3 January 2004
(Paper is a shortened version of that previously given in Basel, Switzerland on 29 March 2003 and New South Wales, Australia on 19 August 2003)

Inflation Targeting: The UK Experience (282k)
Speech at the Annual Congress of the German Economic Association, University Zurich-Irchel in Switzerland on 1 October 2003

Asset Prices, Financial Imbalances and Monetary Policy: Are Inflation Targets Enough? (313k)
Paper given in New South Wales, Australia on 19 August 2003
(Paper previously given in Basel, Switzerland on 29 March 2003)

Asset Prices, Financial Imbalances and Monetary Policy: Are Inflation Targets Enough? (269k)
Speech in Basel, Switzerland given on 29 March 2003

"Economists and the Real World" (146k)
Lecture to mark the centenary of the BSc (Econ) at the London School of Economics in London on Wednesday 29 January 2003

"The MPC and the UK Economy: Should we fear the D-words?" (213k)
Speech to The Emmanuel Society in London on Monday 25 November 2002

Financial Frictions and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications (341k)
Paper by Charles Bean, Jens Larsen and Kalin Nikolov to the Monetary Transmission Network Conference at the European Central Bank, Frankfurt on Tuesday 18 December 2001

Paul Tucker - Deputy Governor, Financial Stability and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, 1 March 2009 - Present
Executive Director and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, 1 June 2002 - 28 February 2009

Regimes for Handling Bank Failures: Redrawing the Banking Social Contract (54k)
At the British Bankers’ Association’s Annual International Conference, London on 30 June 2009

The State of the Markets: Four Issues (37k)
At the Association of British Insurers Biennial Conference, London on 9 June 2009

The Repertoire of Official Sector Interventions in the Financial System: Last Resort Lending, Market-Making, and Capital (126k)
At the Bank of Japan's 2009 International Conference in Tokyo on 28 May 2009

Remarks by Paul Tucker (46k)
Panel session at The Turner Review Conference, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London on 27 March 2009

The Structure of Regulation:
Lessons from the Crisis of 2007 (30k)
Comments at the LSE's Financial Markets Group conference on 3 March 2008 (published 25 November 2008)

Money and Credit, Twelve Months On (108k)
At the Money Macroeconomics and Finance Research Group 40th Annual Conference 2008, Birkbeck College held on 12 September 2008

Discussant remarks by Paul Tucker (30k)
Remarks on a paper given by Alan Blinder "Making Monetary Policy by Committee" at a Bank of Canada Conference on "International Experience with the Conduct of Monetary Policy Under Inflation Targeting" held on 22-23 July 2008 (published 31 July 2008)

Remarks by Paul Tucker (27k)
Given at a Chatham House Conference on "The New Financial Frontiers" in London on 29 April 2008 (published 13 June 2008)

Monetary Policy and the Financial System (30k)
Remarks to the Institutional Money Market Funds Association Annual Dinner on 2 April 2008

Money and Credit: Banking and the Macroeconomy (373k)
At the Monetary Policy and the Markets Conference, London on
13 December 2007

Central Banking and Political Economy: The Example of the UK's Monetary Policy Committee
(65k)
At a conference on Inflation Targeting, Central Bank Independence and Transparency at the University of Cambridge on 15 June 2007

A Perspective on Recent Monetary and Financial System Developments
(61k)
At a Merrill Lynch conference for hedge funds on 26 April 2007

Roy Bridge Memorial Lecture by Paul Tucker: Macro, Asset Price and Financial System Uncertainties (133k)
On 11 December 2006

Reflections on Operating Inflation Targeting (148k)
Paper delivered by Paul Tucker at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago on 25 May 2006

Uncertainty, the Implementation of Monetary Policy and the Management of Risk (671k)
Speech by Paul Tucker to the Association of Corporate Treasurers in Newport on 19 May 2006

Euromoney Global Borrowers and Investors Forum (107k)
Remarks to the session "Where are the Risks?" at The London Hilton on 23 June 2005

Monetary Policy, Stability and Structural Change (188k)
Speech at the Confederation of British Industry in Guildford on 1 March 2005

Managing The Central Bank's Balance Sheet: Where Monetary Policy Meets Financial Stability (395k)
Lecture to mark the fifteenth anniversary of Lombard Street Research held in London on 28 July 2004

National Association of Pension Funds Annual Investment Conference (156k)
at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Scotland on 19 March 2004

Risk Uncertainty And Monetary Policy (224k)
at the UK Asset and Liability Management Association in Egham, Surrey on 29 January 2004

Credit Conditions and Monetary Policy (229k)
at the Leeds Financial Services Initiative on 28 August 2003

Spencer Dale, Executive Director (Chief Economist) and MPC Member
July 2008 - present

Inflation Targeting: Learning the Lessons from the Financial Crisis (43k)
Speech at the Society of Business Economists' Annual Conference, London on 23 June 2009

'Tough Times, Unconventional Measures' (44k)
Speech at the Association of British Insurers Economics and Research Conference, London on 27 March 2009

All Along The Watchtower (105k)
Speech to Dover & District Chamber of Commerce on 18 September 2008

Paul Fisher , Executive Director, Markets and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, 1 March 2009 - Present

The Road to Recovery and the Inflation Target (40k)
Speech given at the 8th Annual Economic and Business Conference hosted by the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on 12 June 2009

"E-Commerce and the FX Market - have the promises been met?"
(121k)
Speech by Paul Fisher, Head of Foreign Exchange Division, and Chair, Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee, at the 4th Annual Foreign Exchange Markets Summit on 19 January 2004

Recent Developments and Challenges in the Foreign Exchange Market (169k)
Speech by Paul Fisher, Head of Foreign Exchange Division, at the FX-week Foreign Exchange Congress, 21 November 2002.

Ms Kate Barker, MPC Member 1 June 2001 - present

Stability, Instability and Monetary Policy (71k)
Speech given to Members of South London Business on 12 March 2009

Global Influences on UK Interest Rates (64k)
Speech given at a meeting of the North West Chief Executives’ Club in Wilmslow on 25 September 2008

Policy Dilemmas (66k)
Speech to the North Staffordshire Chamber President's Dinner on 19 February 2008

Financial Instability and UK Monetary Policy (52k)
Speech to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales on 23 October 2007

Interest Rate Changes - Too many or too few? (110k)
At CBI North East Dinner on 20 March 2007

Speech by Kate Barker (137k)
At a CBI West Midlands 2006 Economic Dinner in Birmingham
on 21 March 2006

Economic Stability and the Business Climate (183k)
A t the Managing Directors' Club, Sheffield University
on 24 November 2005

Monetary Policy in the UK - The Framework and Current Issues (152k)
At the National Association of Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington DC on 21 March 2005

The Housing Market and the Wider Economy (146k)
At The Institute for Economic Affairs, State of the Economy Conference in London on 24 January 2005

CBI Yorkshire and Humber Annual Dinner (88k)
At Bradford City Football Club on 28 April 2004

UK Monetary Policy in a Changing World (137k)
At the Teesside Business School Annual Lecture
on 20 November 2003

Adjusting to Low Inflation - Issues for Policy (196k)
Delivered at the Manchester Statistical Society Meeting in Manchester on 18 February 2003

Monetary Policy - A Perpetual Dilemma? (152k)
To the Charities Consortium in London on 14 October 2002

The Policy Implications of Economic Imbalances
delivered to the Royal Bank of Scotland/Scottish Economic Society Annual Lecture, Edinburgh on 23 October 2001

Tim Besley, MPC Member, 1 September 2006 - present

Opening Remarks for Panel on the Macro-Economy and Quantitative Easing (109k)
Given at the London School of Economics on 2 July 2009

Opening Remarks for an LSE Panel on the Global Economic Crisis: Meeting the Challenge (73k)
Given at the London School of Economics, London on 17 February 2009

Concluding Remarks on the Royal Economic Society Public Lecture 2008 (36k)
Speech given at the Royal Institution, London on 18 November 2008.
Making Monetary Policy Work (270k)
Background paper referred to in the speech above.

Some Current Issues in UK Monetary Policy (92k)
Speech given at the UBS Conference centre, London on 28 October 2008.

Inflation and the Global Economy (179k)
Speech given at the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, London on 22 April 2008.

Financial Markets and Household Consumption (225k)
Speech at the Institute of Fiscal Studies in London on 18 February 2008.
Household External Finance and Consumption (243k)
Accompanying paper to the above speech

Consumption and Interest Rates (65k)
Speech to the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Economic and Social Research Council at Chartered Accountants’ Hall on 19 July 2007.

Inflation and the Service Sector (142k)
Speech to the Cardiff Breakfast Club on 18 January 2007.

David Miles , MPC Member, 1 June 2009 - present

No speeches.

Andrew Sentance, MPC Member, 1 October 2006 - present

Meeting the Challenges of Economic Recovery (47k)
Speech at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry Dinner,
Aberdeen on 10 June 2009

Monetary Policy In Turbulent Times (99k)
Speech at the Agricultural Engineers Association Annual Conference, Institution of Civil Engineers in London on 21 April 2009

Monetary Policy and the Current Recession (82k)
Speech at the Institute of Economic Affairs' 26th Annual State of the Economy Conference on 24 February 2009

The Current Downturn - A Bust Without a Boom? (67k)
At MPR Monetary Policy and the Markets Conference Chandos House, London on 9 December 2008

Prospects for the UK Economy and Challenges for Monetary Policy (77k)
Speech at a Market News International Seminar, London on 13 October 2008

Monetary Policy: Sticking to the Basics (41k)
Speech to the Leicester Chamber of Commerce Gala Dinner on 24 September 2008

Global Inflation: How Big A Threat? (87k)
Speech at the 38th International Pensions Conference, Windsor on 15 July 2008

Does Sterling Still Matter for Monetary Policy? (101k)
Speech to the Confederation of British Industry at Centre Point in London on 23 April 2008

How Big is the Risk of Recession? (52k)
Speech to the Devon and Cornwall Business Council in Exeter on 21 February 2008

A Tale of Two Shocks:
Global Challenges for UK Monetary Policy (86k)
Speech at the University of Warwick Alumni, London on 27 November 2007

The Global Economy and UK Inflation (76k)
Speech at an event organised by the Leeds Financial Services Initiative on 24 September 2007

UK Monetary Policy: Good for Business? (90k)
Speech to an audience hosted by Dow Jones in London on 10 July 2007

The Changing Pattern of Savings: Implications for Growth and Inflation (79k)
Speech at the Royal Bank of Scotland/Scottish Society Economics Lecture on 15 March 2007

Inflation and the Supply Side of the UK Economy (129k)
Speech at Bloomberg City Gate House on 16 January 2007

Mr Nigel Jenkinson, Adviser to the Governor (from 1 January 2009)
Executive Director, Financial Stability (1 October 2003 - 31 December 2008)

'Containing System-Wide Liquidity Risks:
Some Issues and Challenges' (158k)
Speech by Nigel Jenkinson, an Adviser to the Governor delivered at the University of Frankfurt Conference on the “Law and Economics of Money and Finance in Times of Financial Crisis” on 15 May 2009

Financial Innovation: What Have We Learnt? (95k)
Paper co-authored by Nigel Jenkinson, Executive Director, Financial Stability, Adrian Penalver and Nicholas Vause presented at the Reserve Bank of Australia Conference 2008, New South Wales, Australia on 14 July 2008

Strengthening Regimes for Controlling Liquidity Risk:
Some Lessons from the Recent Turmoil (117k)
Speech by Nigel Jenkinson at the Euromoney Conference on Liquidity and Funding Risk Management, at the Hyatt Regency London on 24 April 2008.

New Markets and New Demands:
Challenges for Central Banks in the Wholesale Market Infrastructure (104k)
Speech given by Nigel Jenkinson at a Bank of England/European Central Bank Conference in Frankfurt on 12 November 2007.

Developing a Framework for Stress Testing of Financial Stability Risks (104k)
Speech by Nigel Jenkinson, Executive Director, Financial Stability at the ECB Conference on Stress Testing and Financial Crisis Management in Frankfurt on 12 July 2007.

Promoting Financial System Resilience in Modern Global Capital Markets: Some Issues (83k)
Speech by Nigel Jenkinson, Executive Director, at the conference 'Law and Economics of Systemic Risk in Finance', University of St Gallen, Switzerland on 29 June 2007.

Risks to the Commercial Property Market and Financial Stability
(21k)
Speech by Nigel Jenkinson, Executive Director, Financial Stability to the IPD/IPF Property Investment Conference, Brighton on 30 November 2006.

Mr Andrew Haldane, Executive Director, Financial Stability

Small Lessons from a Big Crisis (220k)
Remarks made at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 45th Annual Conference on 8 May 2009, published 1 July 2009

Rethinking the Financial Network (505k)
Speech delivered at the Financial Student Association in Amsterdam on 28 April 2009

Why Banks Failed the Stress Test (104k)
The basis for a speech given at the Marcus-Evans Conference on Stress-Testing on 9-10 February 2009

Mr Christopher Allsopp (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2003. Replaced by Richard Lambert)

Macroeconomic Policy Rules in Theory and in Practice (341k)
delivered to the Conference on 'Policy Rules-The Next Steps', Cambridge University, Cambridge on 19 September 2002

The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union
(164k)
to the Austrian Institute of Economic Research on 23 January 2002

Economic Imbalances and UK Monetary Policy (138k)
delivered in the Scott Policy Seminar Series of the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre (NIERC), 19 September 2001

Ms Marian Bell, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 30 June 2005. Replaced by David Walton)

Communicating Monetary Policy in Practice (161k)
At the Manchester Business School's Vital Topics Lecture on 17 May 2005

A Matter of No Small Interest:
Real Short-term Interest Rates and Inflation since the 1990s (52k)
To The Institute of Directors and Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce at Cranfield University on 2 March 2005

Monetary Policy, Data Uncertainty and the Supply-Side: Living With the Statistical Fog (185k)
To the Society of Business Economists at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in London on 15 September 2004

Six Months on the MPC: A Reflection on Monetary Policy
(122k)
To the CBI South East in Crawley, Sussex on 9 December 2002

Prof. David Blanchflower, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2009. Replaced by David Miles)

The Formation of Inflation Expectations: An Empirical Analysis for the UK (233k)
Given at the Banco do Brasil XI Annual Inflation Targeting Seminar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Conall Mac Coille on 14 May 2009

The Future of Monetary Policy (75k)
Given at Cardiff University on 24 March 2009

What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the UK? (237k)
Given at the University of Stirling on 25 February 2009.
Accompanying paper (794k)

Macroeconomic Policy Responses in the UK? (113k)
Given at the Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre, Nottingham University on 29 January 2009.

Where next for the UK economy? (266k)
Accompanying slides (308k)
Speech at the Keynes College, University of Kent on 29 October 2008.

Inflation, Expectations and Monetary Policy (167k)
Given at the Royal Society, George Street, Edinburgh
on 29 April 2008.
Macroeconomic Literacy, Numeracy and the Implications for Monetary Policy (339k)
Accompanying paper referred to in speech above.

Fear, Unemployment and Migration (75k)
Esmée Fairbairn Memorial Lecture given at Lancaster University on 30 October 2007.

Trends in European labour markets and preferences over unemployment and inflation (493k)
Given at a Dresdner Kleinwort Seminar on European Labour Markets and Implications for Inflation and Policy on 27 September 2007.
Is unemployment more costly than inflation? (706k)
Paper referred to in speech above.

Entrepreneurship in the UK (456k)
Speech at the Max Planck Summer Institute in Berlin on 9 July 2007.

Bernard Corry Memorial Lecture by David Blanchflower: Recent Developments in the UK Economy - the Economics of Walking About (191k)
Given at the Queen Mary, University of London on 30 May 2007.

Recent Developments in the UK Labour Market (212k)
Speech at the University of Stirling on 26 February 2007.

The Impact of Recent Migration from Eastern Europe on the UK Economy (292k)
A shortened version of this paper was given as a speech at a lunch for members of the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce on 4 January 2007.

Reflections on my first four votes on the MPC (131k)
At breakfast with contacts of the Bank's Agency in Wales on 27 September 2006.

Sir Alan Budd (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 1999. Replaced by Dr Sushil Wadhwani)

Economic policy, with and without forecasts (29k)
At the Sir Alec Cairncross Lecture on 27 October

Willem Buiter (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2000. Replaced by Professor Stephen Nickell)
Further speeches and articles can be found at Willem Buiter's own website

Alice in Euroland (37k)
Southbank University in London, 15 December 1998

UDROP (71k)
At the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, 5 November 1999

Alastair Clark, Adviser to the Governor (retired on 5 April 2007)
(Executive Director, 1 March 1997 - 30 September 2003)

Analytical Models of Financial Stability (43k)
Accompanying Slides (223k)
Speech by Alastair Clark at the Cass Business School on
28 March 2007.

Prudential regulation, risk management and systemic stability
(42k)
at the China International Banking Convention Beijing, China on 20 October 2006.

"Contingency Planning and Systemic Stability" (22k)
at the Association of Corporate Treasurers in Birmingham on 16 April 2002 (added to the site on 18 April 2002)

The Role of Regulation in Global Financial Markets (51k)
given at a conference organised by the City University Business School, 13 July 2000

Accounting Standards and International Financial Markets
at the Annual Dinner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Banking, Dublin, 3 May 2000

Banking Supervision and Financial Stability from an International Perspective
at the FBSA Annual Conference 2001 in London on Thursday 29 November 2001

David Clementi (Ceased to be Deputy Governor wef 31 August 2002. Replaced by Sir Andrew Large)

"Property and the Economy"
At the Chartered Surveyors' Livery Company International Dinner, Goldsmith's Hall in London on Monday 29 April 2002

A Bank for all Regions: Promoting Monetary and Financial Stability in the United Kingdom
At The Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants in Belfast on 14 March 2002

"The Bank of England's Role in Monetary and Financial Stability"
At the APCIMS National Conference in London, 19 October 2001

"Maintaining Financial Stability in a Rapidly Changing World: Some Threats and Opportunities"
At the launch of the Oxford Centre for Computational Finance, University of Oxford, 10 October 2001

"Debt Workouts for Corporates, Banks and Countries: Some Common Themes"
At the INSOL International Sixth World Congress, Hilton Metropole Hotel in London on 19 July 2001

Banks and Systemic Risk - Theory and Evidence
At a Bank of England Conference on 23 May 2001

Recent Developments in Financial Markets: Some Implications for Financial Stability
at the Banca d'Italia Conference: International Banking and Financial Systems: Evolution and Stability (9 March 2001)

Recent Developments in Securities Markets and the Implications for Financial Stability
to the Euromoney International Bond Congress at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London (21 February 2001)

The City and the Euro: innovation and excellence
to a City Seminar on 'London into the 21st Century' at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo, Japan (13 February 2001)

Current Threats to Global Financial Stability - a European View
to the British-American Chamber of Commerce at the New York Palace Hotel, New York (22 January 2001)

The Bank of England - A Central Bank Post-Independence
at the Annual Leonard Sainer Lecture, Stationers Hall (14 November 2000)

Crisis Prevention and Resolution - two aspects of Financial Stability
at the South Bank University Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics (6 September 2000)

Technological Innovation and E-Commerce: the Implications for Derivatives Markets
at the opening reception of International Derivatives Week (19 June 2000)

ICAEW Conference
at the Chartered Accountants Hall (9 May 2000)

Cardiff Business Club Dinner
Cardiff Business Club Dinner, Cardiff, 28 February 2000

The Basel Accord: Systemic Issues
at an FSA Conference in London (2 December 1999)

FTSE International European Shareholder Value Awards
Speech by David Clementi, Deputy Governor (17 June 1999)

Role of the Bank and London in the Millennium
FT World Gold Conference (14 June 1999)

UK Financial Services following the Launch of of the Euro (29k)
Economist Conferences (23 April 1999)

London ready for the Euro
various venues and dates in 1998

Futures and Options Association International Derivatives Week Conference
(June 1997)

Edward George (Ceased to be Governor wef 30 June 2003. Replaced by Mervyn King)

Mansion House Speech (76k)
At the Lord Mayor's Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London, Mansion House on 18 June 2003

Islamic Home Finance Seminar (77k)
In London on Monday 27 March 2003

Finance and Leasing Association Annual Dinner (79k)
In London on Monday 24 March 2003

Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland Biennial Dinner (76k)
In Glasgow on Monday 20 January 2003

16th European Finance Convention (71k)
In London on Friday 6 December 2002

Association of Corporate Treasurers Annual Dinner (77k)
In London on Wednesday 13 November 2002

Northwest Development Agency/Bank of England Dinner (82k)
In Manchester on Tuesday 15 October 2002

West Midlands Conference "20-20 Vision" (20k)
In Birmingham on Friday 20 September 2002

Mansion House Speech (65k)
At the Lord Mayor's Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London, Mansion House on 26 June 2002

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) (23k)
In Birmingham on Thursday 11 April 2002

Asian Business Association Dinner (16k)
In London on 19 March 2002

Euromoney Bond Investors' Congress (14k)
At the Euromoney Bond Investors' Congress in London on 19 February 2002

EEF Biennial Dinner (16k)
At the EEF Biennial Dinner in London on 12 February 2002

Bankers Club/Guild Banquet (9k)
At the Guildhall in London on 4 February 2002

Opportunity International UK's 10th Anniversary Reception
(11k)
At Commerzbank in London, 22 January 2002

Official Opening of the new Economics Building, Oxford University
(67k)
18 January 2002 (added to the site on 22 March 2002)

Association of Business Community Dinner (13k)
In Scotland, 14 January 2002

Second City of London Biennial Meeting (19k)
International Maritime Organisation, London, 12 December 2001

Welsh Development Agency/Bank of England Dinner
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 16 October 2001

Centre for Financial Studies Seminar
In Frankfurt, 13 September 2001

Mansion House Speech
at the Lord Mayor's Dinner for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at Mansion House, 20 June 2001

Oesterreichische Nationalbank Economics Conference
In Vienna on 31 May 2001

Jiji Press London Top Seminar
at The Savoy Hotel, London on 30 May 2001

Swiss Institute of International Studies
at The University of Zurich, 7 May 2001

2001 Institute of Directors Convention
at The Royal Albert Hall in London on 25 April 2001

Yorkshire Forward/Bank of England Regional Dinner
At Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, 16 January 2001

Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland Biennial Dinner
At The Exchange, Edinburgh, 15 January 2001

St Paul's Cathedral Lecture
At St Paul's Cathedral, London, 28 November 2000

New Economy - Same Old Problems!
At the CBI National Conference, International Convention Centre in Birmingham, 7 November 2000

Le Parcours De O'Euro
At the Cercle de L'Union Interalliee, Paris, 24 October 2000

Dragon Awards Dinner
Speech by The Rt Hon Eddie George, Governor, at Dragon Awards Dinner, Mansion House, 2 October 2000

Iran Invest 2000 Conference
Speech by The Rt Hon Eddie George, Governor, at The Iran Invest 2000 Conference, 28 September 2000

Britain and Europe
Speech by The Rt Hon Eddie George, Governor, at The British Swiss Chamber of Commerce Lunch, 12 September 2000

Future of Central Banking
at the Association of Professional Bankers Sri Lanka 12th Anniversary Convention (27 August 2000)

SEANZA Governors' Symposium
at the Hilton Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka (26 August 2000)

Mansion House Speech
at the Lord Mayor's Dinner for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House (15 June 2000)

Financial Stability and the City: The Evolving Role of the Bank of England
at the London Chamber of Commerce Conference (13 June 2000)

Leeds and Bradford Chartered Institute of Bankers and Bradford Chamber of Commerce
at the St George's Hall in Bradford (11 April 2000)

British Futures 2000
at the British Chamber of Commerce National Conference in London (4 April 2000)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants Dinner
at the Chartered Accountants Hall, London (28 March 2000)

The CBI Annual Luncheon
at the Guildhall, London (25 February 2000)

The Euromoney International Bond Congress
at the QEII Conference Centre in London (16 February 2000)

Bankers Club Annual Banquet
at the Guildhall, London (14 February 2000)

"Lunch 2000"
to the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Prince's Trust at the Culloden Hotel, Co Down, Northern Ireland (26 January 2000)

"City Council Dinner"
at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (18 January 2000)

"Before the Millennium: From the City of London"
at a City University Conference at the International Maritime Organisation (7 December 1999)

Annual Cornwall Lecture
at The Hall of Cornwall in Truro (19 November 1999)

Lord Mayor's Banquet
for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House (10 June 1999)

Speech by the Governor
at a dinner hosted by Birmingham City 2000 on Tuesday 18 May 1999

Leading the Way Towards Sustainable Economic Growth
Speech by the Governor on Friday 14 May 1999

Governor speaks at the KPMG Profitability Seminar
1 March 1999

The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Civic Centre
Speech by the Governor on Wednesday 24 February 1999

Chancellor's Lecture at Hertfordshire University
Speech by the Governor on Thursday 18 February 1999

The Euromoney International Bond Congress
Speech by the Governor on Wednesday 10 February 1999

Bankers Club Annual Banquet
Speech by the Governor on Monday 1 February 1999

The Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
Speech by the Governor on Monday 18 January 1999

The Institute for Manufacturing (17k)
Speech by the Governor on Tuesday 12 January 1999

Institute of Directors Annual Dinner
Speech by the Governor at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Hyde Park,
(19 November 1998)

Britain in Europe
Speech by the Governor given to the Financial Forum of West Flanders Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday 21 October 1998

TUC Congress Speech
Speech by the Governor (15 September 1998)

Mansion House Speech
Speech by the Governor (11 June 1998)

Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets Conference
Speech by the Governor (28 May1998)

Henry Ford II Lecture
Speech by the Governor (21 April 1998)

Roy Bridge Memorial Lecture
Speech by the Governor (1 April 1998)

Speech
by the Governor at the FT Euro-Mediterranean Capital Markets Conference (26 March 1998)

Vital Topic Lecture given at the Manchester Business School
(24 February 1998)

The British-American Chamber of Commerce Lunch
(22 January 1998)

The Chemical Industries Association: Business Outlook Conference Dinner Speech
(14 January 1998)

Prospects for the City In or Out of EMU
Royal Institute of International Affairs Conference (24 October 1997)

The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
(23 September 1997)

The Sixteenth Mais Lecture
(24 June 1997)

Lord Mayor's Banquet for Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at the Mansion House
(12 June 1997)

The Liverpool and District Bankers' Institute Bi-Annual Dinner
(March 1997)

The Euromoney International Bond Congress
(February 1997)

Sir John Gieve, Deputy Governor, Finanial Stability
16 January 2006 - 28 February 2009

Seven Lessons From The Last Three Years (202k)
At the London School of Economics, London on 19 February 2009

Economic Prospects and the Policy Challenge (75k)
At Cityco Breakfast Meeting in Manchester on 16 January 2009

Learning from the Financial Crisis (308k)
At the European Business School London
2008 Europe in the World Lecture Panel Discussion on 19 November 2008

Rebuilding Confidence in the Financial System (124k)
At the BBA's 12th Annual Supervision Conference, Grange City Hotel, London on 28 October 2008

The Credit Crunch and the UK economy (63k)
To the Family Office Leadership Summit on 22 September 2008

The Financial Cycle and the UK Economy (84k)
At the London Stock Exchange on 18 July 2008

A Tale of Two Cycles
(70k)
To the North East Chamber of Commerce Durham Tees Valley Dinner on 19 June 2008.

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Global Imbalances
(339k)
At the Sovereign Wealth Management conference in London on 14 March 2008.

The Return of the Credit Cycle: Old Lessons in New Markets
(77k)
At the Euromoney Bond Investors Congress in London on 27 February 2008.

The Impact of the Financial Market Disruption on the UK Economy
(238k)
To the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 17 January 2008.

Uncertainty, Policy and Financial Markets
(177k)
At a Market News event in London on 24 July 2007.

London, Money and the UK Economy
(109k)
At the University of Surrey, Guildford on 26 June 2007.

The City’s Growth: The Crest of a Wave or Swimming with the Stream
(40k)
At the Bank of England to the London Society of Chartered Accountants on 26 March.

Pricing for Perfection
(106k)
At the Bank of England to a group of market participants on 14 December 2006.

Practical Issues in Preparing for Cross-Border Financial Crises
(29k)
At the Financial Stability Forum Workshop: Planning and Communication for Financial Crises and Business Continuity Incidents, deliverd on 13 November 2006 (added to the website on 16 November 2006).

Hedge Funds and Financial Stability (62k)
At the at the HEDGE 2006 Conference on 17 October 2006.

The Puzzle of UK Business Investment (47k)
Speech at the University of the West of England on 26 September 2006.

Financial System Risks in the UK - Issues and Challenges (184k)
Speech at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation Roundtable on 25 July 2006.

Stability and Change (123k)
Speech to the Engineering Employers' Federation North West on 20 July 2006.

Professor Charles Goodhart (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2000. Replaced by Christopher Allsopp)

"Recent Developments in Central Banking: Some Special Features of the Monetary Policy Committee and of the European System of Central Banks" (44k)
giving the Monnet Lecture, Dublin, 14 October 1999.

Central Bankers and Uncertainty (194k) 29 October 1998

DeAnne Julius (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2001. Replaced by Kate Barker)

British Chambers of Commerce National Conference
27 March 2001

Scottish Engineering Senior Executive Group Dinner
Remarks to the Scottish Engineering Senior Executive Dinner, 24 August 2000

"New Trends in a New Economy?" (144k)
At the Chartered Institute of Bankers Annual Prestige Lecture, Newcastle, 15 March 2000

"Back to the Future of Low Global Inflation" (83k)
At the Max Fry Global Finance Lecture, University of Birmingham, 20 October 1999

Inflation and Growth in the Services Industries
Delivered at the Vital Topics Lecture at the Manchester Business School, 23 March 1999

Sir Andrew Large, (Ceased to be Deputy Governor, Financial Stability and member of the MPC wef 15 January 2006. Replaced by Sir Edward John Gieve)

“Monetary Policy: Significant Issues of Today” (166k)
To West London Business on 1 December 2005

“Financial Stability: Managing Liquidity Risk in a Global System”
(129k)
At the Fourteenth City of London Central Banking and Regulatory Conference, National Liberal Club, on 28 November 2005

"A Framework for Financial Stability" (152k)
At the International Conference on Financial System Stability and Implications of Basel II, Swiss Hotel in Istanbul on 18 May 2005

"Financial Instrument Accounting" (118k)
To the 13th Central Banking Conference at Painter's Hall in London on 22 November 2004

Association of Corporate Treasurers' Annual Conference
(119k)
In Newport, Gwent on 23 March 2004

"Financial Stability Oversight, Past & Present" (116k)
At the London School of Economics on 22 January 2004

Financial Stability: Maintaining Confidence in a Complex World
(101k)
At City of London Central Banking Conference, National Liberal Club on 17 November 2003

Convergence in Insurance and Banking: Some Financial Stability Issues (83k)
In London on 12 June 2003

Basel II and Systemic Stability (79k)
At the British Bankers' Association - Basel II/CAD 3 Conference in London on 13 March 2003

Mr Richard Lambert, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 23 March 2006. Replaced by Tim Besley)

Central Bank Communications: Best Practices in Advanced Economies (114k)
At the IMF Sponsored Regional Seminar on Central Bank Communications in Mumbai, India on 23 January 2006

Challenging Times for Monetary Policy (100k)
At a meeting of the National Association of Pension Funds in Belfast on 19 October 2005

Monetary Policy-Making: Fact and Fiction (119k)
At a South West Agency Dinner in Bristol on 24 May 2005

Why Is Inflation So Low? (139k)
To The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Glasgow
on 25 October 2004

Boring Bankers - Should We Listen? (130k)
At the Institute for Public Policy Research, London on 22 April 2004

Ms Rachel Lomax, Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability
July 2003 - June 2008

The State of the Economy (164k)
To the Institute of Economic Affairs 25th Anniversary Conference
on 26 February 2008.

Current Monetary Policy Issues (32k)
To Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, at KC Football Stadium, Hull on 22 November 2007.

The MPC Comes of Age (47k)
At the De Montfort University, Leicester on 28 February 2007.

Perspectives on Current Monetary Policy (42k)
To the Cardiff Business Club on 27 November 2006.

International Monetary Stability – Can The IMF Make a Difference? (51k)
At the Gam Gilbert De Botton Award Lecture on 1 November 2006.

Remarks at a Chatham House Conference on Global Financial Imbalances (76k)
in London on 24 January 2006
Accompanying PowerPoint Slides (100k)

UK Monetary Policy: The International Context (81k)
Speech at the APCIMS Annual Conference on 17 October 2005
Accompanying PowerPoint Slides (542k)

Inflation Targeting In Practice: Models, Forecasts and Hunches (190k)
Speech to the 59th International Atlantic Economic Conference in London
on 12 March 2005

Why Monetary Stability Matters to Merseyside (84k)
Speech at the launch of the Merseyside Economic Review 2005 in Liverpool
on 24 February 2005

Stability and Statistics (130k)
To the North Wales Business Club Dinner, Llandudno, Wales
on 23 November 2004

Keeping the Party under Control -
Anniversary Comments on Monetary Policy (73k)
At the British Hospitality Association Annual Luncheon, in London on 1 July 2004

Inflation Targeting - Achievement and Challenges (123k)
To the Bristol Society at the University of West England, Bristol on 18 February 2004

Professor Stephen Nickell, (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2006. Replaced by David Blanchflower)

Are Europeans Lazy? Or Americans Crazy? (143k)
Remarks delivered at the Annual Conference of the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti at Portovenere, La Spezia on 27 May 2006 (this makes reference to the 'Patterns of Work across the OECD' paper below)

Patterns of Work Across the OECD (236k)
Joint paper by Guilia Faggio* and Stephen Nickell
27 May 2006
* Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics

The UK Current Account Deficit and All That (157k)
25 April 2006

The Budget of 1981 Was Over the Top (60k)
Speech to be delivered at an Institute of Economic Affairs panel discussion in London on 16 March 2006

Monetary Policy, Demand and Inflation (192k)
A shortened version of this speech was given at a private lunch in London for contacts of the Bank of England’s South East and East Anglia Agency on 31 January 2006.

Comments on a paper by Rachel Griffith and Rupert Harrison "The Link between Product Market Reforms and Macro-Economic Performance" (115k)
At the European Commission Workshop on Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance in Brussels on 18 November 2005
Accompanying PowerPoint Slides (35k)

Practical Issues in UK Monetary Policy, 2000-2005 (269k)
Speech at the British Academy Keynes Lecture in London
20 September 2005

Comments on a paper by Romain Duval and Jorgen Elmeskov “The Effects of EMU on Structural Reforms in Labour and Product Markets” (86k)
At a conference held at the European Central Bank, Frankfurt
16-17 June 2005

How Much Spare Capacity is there in the UK Economy? (154k)
31 May 2005

Why Is Inflation So Low? (113k)
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics 27 January 2005

Household Debt, House Prices and Consumption Growth
(161k)
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at Bloomberg in London on 14 September 2004

A Picture of European Unemployment: Success and Failure
(283k)
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at the OECD, Paris on 26 March 2004
(Speech is an updated version of that previously given in Munich in December 2002)

Two Current Monetary Policy Issues (431k)
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at a Market News International Seminar on 16 September 2003

"Employment and Taxes" (254k)
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at the Centre for Economic Studies, Institute for Economic Research Conference in Venice on 21 July 2003

Poverty and Worklessness in Britain (248k)
member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at the Royal Economic Society Conference at Warwick University (to be given on 8 April)

House Prices, Household Debt and Monetary Policy (109k)
at a private dinner for Glasgow Agency contacts on Wednesday 11 December 2002

A Picture of European Unemployment: Success and Failure
(276k)
member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Professor at the London School of Economics, at the Centre for Economic Studies in Munich, Germany on Friday 6 December 2002

"Monetary Policy Issues: Past, Present, Future" (88k)
at a lunch organised by Business Link and the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Leamington Spa on 19 June 2002

Has UK Labour Market Performance Changed? (82k)
At the Society of Business Economists, 16 May 2001

The Beveridge Curve, Unemployment and Wages in the OECD from the 1960s to the 1990s (264k)
At a Conference at the Bank of Portugal, 3 June 2001

The Recent Performance of the UK Labour Market (69k)
to the economics section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 September 2001- co authored by Glenda Quintini, Credit Suisse First Boston

Some Problems Facing the MPC
To the Wessex Institute of Directors, 10 October 2000

Ian Plenderleith (Ceased to be an Executive Director wef 31 May 2002. Replaced by Paul Tucker)

21st Century Markets
Speech to the 15th Annual European Finance Convention at The Conrad International Hotel in Brussels on Thursday 29 November 2001

Monetary Policy: Addressing the Uncertainties
Speech to the Fort William Chamber of Commerce in Scotland, 20 September 2001

The Development of the Non-Gilt Sterling Bond Market
Speech to the Association of British Insurers, 2 April 2001

Monetary Stability as a Foundation for Sustained Growth
Speech to the National Association of Pension Funds Investment Conference, 14 March 2001

Current Issues in Monetary Policy
Extract from a speech to the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, 26 July 2000

The work of the Monetary Policy Committee
Speech to the Stafford Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 14 June 2000

Developments in UK Financial Markets
Speech at 6th Central Banking Conference (18 November 1997)

London as Financial Centre after EMU
Speech at a conference on the International Monetary System after EMU, 7 November 1997

John Vickers (Ceased to be an Executive Director wef 30 September 2000. Replaced by Charles Bean)

Monetary Union and Economic Growth (81k)
by John Vickers, Executive Director and Chief Economist, at the National Bank of Belgium's 150th Birthday in Brussels, 12 May 2000

Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate (87k)
by John Vickers, Executive Director and Chief Economist, at the Agricultural Engineers Association, 18 April 2000

Monetary Policy and the Supply Side (257k)
by John Vickers, Chief Economist, at the Society of Business Economists in London, 15 March 2000

EMU Statistics in UK Policy Making (22k)
by John Vickers, Chief Economist, at the Financial Statistics Users' Group Discussion Meeting in London
11 November 1999

Monetary Policy and Asset Prices (114k)
by John Vickers, Executive Director and Chief Economist, at the Money, Macro and Finance Group 31^st Annual Conference, Oxford University, 22 September 1999

Price Stability in the UK (79k)
Glasgow Trades House Lecture, Strathclyde University by John Vickers, E xecutive Director and Chief Economist, on 26 May 1999

Economic Models and Monetary Policy (48k)
Speech by John Vickers, Executive Director and Chief Economist, to the Governors of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on 18 March 1999

EMU: a view from next door (29k)
Speech by John Vickers at the RIIA conference on EMU 27 November 1998

Inflation targeting in practice: the UK experience (49k)
Speech by John Vickers, Executive Director and Chief Economist, at the Conference on Implementation of Price Stability held in Frankfurt on 11-12 September

Dr Sushil Wadhwani (Ceased to be a member of the MPC wef 31 May 2002. Replaced by Marian Bell)

The MPC: Some Further Challenges (204k)
Delivered to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research Governors' Seminar, London on Thursday 16 May 2002

Household Indebtedness, the Exchange Rate and Risks to the UK Economy (93k)
Delivered to the Macclesfield Chamber of Commerce on 25 March 2002

"The Stock Market, Capacity Uncertainties and the Outlook for UK Inflation" (166k)
Delivered to the Edinburgh University Economics Society in Edinburgh on 21 November 2001

Do we have a New Economy? (100k)
Deliveved at a CEPR/ESI Conference in Helsinki, 14 September 2001

The Current Policy Conundrum
Delivered to the South East & East Anglia Agency's Contacts in Norwich on 24 July 2001

Some Reflections on the MPC (50k)
To the National Association for Business Economics in Washington on 21 May 2001

The New Economy: Myths and Realities (102k)
At the Travers Lecture at London Guildhall University on 20 March 2001

The Impact of the US Slowdown on the UK Economy
To the Bank of England's North Agency Contacts in Newcastle on 22 February 2001

Monetary Challenges in a New Economy (103k)
To the HSBC Global Investment Seminar on 12 October 2000

The Exchange Rate and the MPC: What can we do? (86k)
To the Senior Business Forum at the Centre for Economic Performance, 31 May 2000

The Impact of the Internet on UK Inflation (161k)
At the London School of Economics Business Society, 23 February 2000

"Is Inflation Dead?" (206k)
At the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, India, 17 December 1999.

British Unemployment and Monetary Policy (250k)
To the Society of Business Economists, 2 December 1999

Currency Puzzles (142k)
At the London School of Economics, 16 September 1999

David Walton - (Former MPC member who died on 21 June 2006. Replaced by Andrew Sentance)

A Shift in the Balance of Risks (128k)
Speech at a lunch organised by the Bank of England’s Central Southern Agency on 18 May 2006.

Has Oil Lost the Capacity to Shock? (230k)
Speech to the University of Warwick Graduates' Association Senior Directors' Forum in London on 23 February 2006

Monetary Policy Challenges Facing a New MPC Member (196k)
Speech at a lunch with the Exeter business community, in Exeter on 16 September 2005

Other Bank Personnel

Managing a bank-specific crisis: A UK perspective
(40k)
Presentation by Ian Bond at a BBA workshop on managing a bank-specific crisis, delivered on 26 October 2006
(added to website on 10 January 2007)

The Role of the Bank of England in the Gold Market (79k)
Speech by Graham Young, Senior Manager, Foreign Exchange Division at the London Bullion Market Association Annual Conference, Lisbon on 3 June 2003

International Financial Regulation and Stability (251k)
Speech by Patricia Jackson, Head of Financial Industry & Regulation Division, at the Finance and Regulation Seminar Series at the Judge Institute of Management, 8 March 2002

The Euro, the UK and the City of London (34k)
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe, at Bank Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 January 2002

The Completion of the Euro as a Currency: a UK Perspective
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe, at the Institute for International Monetary Affairs Euro Symposium in Tokyo on 16 November 2001

The Completion of the Changeover to the Euro Across the First Wave and its Implications for the UK
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe, at a British Bankers' Association Conference on 5 November 2001

Foreign Exchange as a Business in the 21st Century
Speech by Clifford Smout, Head of Foreign Exchange Division, to the 'Euromoney' Forex Forum, 16 May 2001

The Euro So Far
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe, in Nicosia, Cyprus, 22 February 2001

Planning for Possible UK Entry Into EMU (27k)
Speech by John Townend, Director for Europe, at the ABI Seminar, 29 November 2000

The Role of Transparency in the Development of Financial Markets
Speech William A Allen, Deputy Director, 18 May 2000

The Potential Changeover in the Wholesale Markets from Sterling to Euro
Speech by John Townend, Deputy Director for Europe, 30 March 2000

The Asian Crisis: Lessons for Crisis Management and Prevention
(60k)
Speech by Professor Brealey, Special Adviser to the Governor on Financial Stability Issues.

UK Preparations for the Single Currency and London's Position if the UK Opts Out
Speech by John Townend at IIR Conference, 29 September 1997