By Richard Windram of the Bank's Inflation Report and Bulletin Division and John Footman, Secretary of the Bank.
This edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Quarterly Bulletin. Over the years, the Bulletin has been one of the main conduits through which the Bank has communicated its thinking to the wider public. This article reviews the history of the Bulletin — both its origins and its subsequent evolution — as well as examining some of the insights that can be gleaned from its pages on some of the key central banking issues of the time.
The history of the Quarterly Bulletin