Bank of England

Funding For Lending scheme is increasingly seen as the BoE's most important tool as impact of Quantitative Easing wanes

Nationwide House Price Index reports 1 percent fall in price of typical UK home across 2012.

According to Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker, sentiments remain strongest since April 2011.

Bob Diamond is biggest to leave post but 2012 had fair share of top-flight resignations.

Mark Carney will earn £874,000 a year on Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

Minutes from latest Bank of England MPC meeting also shows policymakers think inflation will be above target for most of 2013.

George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has often of late made reference to the fact that the Coalition Government has already reduced the country's Budget Deficit by a quarter since coming to power. Concentrating on Deficit reduction has not been politically comfortable for the Government with the opposition Labour Party being usually ahead in the opinion polls since late November 2010 - it didn't take long - and a ComRes survey for The Independent at the end of October...

With raft of disappointing economic data hanging over the fourth quarter, IBTimes UK looks at possibilty of a triple-dip recession.

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee 'ultimate test' is gilt market with UK's top rating at risk after autumn statement.

Despite decline, optimism on housing market rises.

US and UK regulators focus on ramping up capital while Basel leaders tussle over reduction of capital requirements.

Thinktank's monthly GDP reading shows stagnant UK economy and adds to concern country facing triple-dip recession.

ONS figures show industrial production falling with other data pointing to a renewed decline.

The UK's November shop price inflation remains at 1.5 percent while food prices rise to 4.6 percent.

Bank of England's credit easing effort lifts bank lending in first two months of scheme.

Misleading balance sheets may not reflect true valuation resulting in insufficient capital buffers, reports Bank of England Financial Policy Committee.

Number of employed people wanting more hours at work shoots up 47.3 percent says Office for National Statistics.

ONS's second estimate of UK GDP data for Q3 reiterates original headline figure.

The Canadian central banker and former Goldman dealer has one of the few untarnished reputations in global finance.

Ex-Goldman Sachs man Carney, current governor of the Bank of Canada, will take over Sir Mervyn King's role in July 2013.

George Osborne may have to scrap 'unrealistic' debt target for UK, says thinktank.

Deputy Bank of England governor says delay to Vickers-inspired banking reforms damaging in all sorts of ways.

Bank of England votes 9-0 to hold key lending rate at record low and 8-1 to keep its £375 asset purchase programme unchanged

ONS figures show government borrowed £2.7bn more in October than same month in 2011.

Markets ease as investors await crucial decision on Greek aid and digest loss of triple-A debt rating for the Eurozone's second-largest economy.

Rightmove's house price index suggests stability in UK property market despite recent recession.

Bank of England's Systemic Risk Survey shows fewer market professionals fear near-term shock to financial system, but broader concerns remain.

Every month commentators use headline figures to bash each other's head in, but they really need to look deeper at the UK economy data.

Britain's triple-A debt rating will be reviewed following Chancellor George Osborne's autumn Budget Statement

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King hints there's little left to do in the face of "unappealing" mix of sluggish growth and faster inflation.