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Bank of England signals urgent need for gilt repo market reforms

Sarah Breeden stated that doing nothing is not an option for the gilt repo market due to risks of bond trading drying up in a crisis.

Rosie White

17 JUL · 3 min read

Bank of England deputy governor sees weak economy curbing sticky inflation risk

Sarah Breeden stated that the weak UK economic backdrop reduces the risk of inflation becoming sticky through wages and price-setting behaviour.

Isabella Baker

16 JUL · 3 min read

Andrew Bailey urges international testing of frontier AI to safeguard UK financial stability

Andrew Bailey told the Mansion House audience that frontier AI represents the next general purpose technology likely to drive economic growth.

Grace White

15 JUL · 4 min read

UK mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in almost two years

UK fixed mortgage rates fell at the fastest monthly pace since October 2024, with the two-year rate dropping 0.16 points to 5.52 percent in June.

Amelia Green

14 JUL · 3 min read

Bank of England gains oversight powers over major cloud providers effective Monday

The UK government has designated Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Oracle as critical third parties to the financial sector effective 13 July 2026.

Rosie White

12 JUL · 4 min read