Twenty years of Bank of England independence: the evolution of monetary policy - speech by Ian McCafferty

Given at The Worshipful Company of Founders, City of London.
Published on 05 October 2017

In this speech, Ian discusses the decision to grant independence to the Bank of England on 6 May 1997 and how he considers it was one of the most successful institutional reforms to economic policy in his professional lifetime.

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Ian McCafferty

Member of the Monetary Policy Committee from 2012 to 2018

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