Summary
OVER the years, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has been asked dozens of times to comment on the Government's Budget plans. He has always studiously refused to do so.
So his warning yesterday about the dangers of a further fiscal stimulus, which he said would increase the already alarming levels of public borrowing, was unprecedented.See the full content of this document
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The Spectre That Keeps King Awake at Night
Ever since 1997, when Labour gave the Bank its independence, it has been the Treasury that has been responsible for Budget decisions while the Bank has set interest rates. Each has been careful not to tr...
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