The British central bank said it continued to see dangers from "geopolitical tensions, global fragmentation of trade and ...

British banks and building societies will be able to issue more potentially risky mortgages, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, as it sought to help the government's push to boost home ownership.

First-time buyers could be given a boost by lenders having the ability to offer more mortgages at high loan-to-income (LTI) ...

LONDON — The Bank of England announced its biggest interest rate increase in 27 years on Thursday as it forecast that the war in Ukraine would fuel further inflation and tip the U.K. economy ...

The Bank of England holds about 420,000 gold bars, and January saw the biggest outflow since 2012. Staff dug out about 8,145 ...

A general view of the Bank of England in London, Thursday May 9, 2024. The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% with several policymakers still worrying ...

The Bank of England and European Central Bank both held their benchmark rates steady. Even though inflation has been slowing, they gave no indication of when rates would start to come down.

“Can’t we just print more money?” is a new pop-economics book, written by the Bank of England, which will be published this May in partnership with Cornerstone Press (Penguin Random House).

The Bank of England began printing bank notes in 1725, but it was not until 1960 that bills featured the monarch. Until that time, Britannia — the personification of Britain — had been the ...