Andy Haldane

Friday, 9 February, 2024

Friday, 12 January, 2024

UK economy

Here’s how to stimulate UK growth: give away power

Cutting the Treasury down to size and boosting the regions is essential to reviving a stagnant economy

Friday, 8 December, 2023

Central banks

Central banks and the return of the unreliable boyfriend

Their rhetoric is starting to lack credibility as powerful economic headwinds emerge

Thursday, 9 November, 2023

UK regional policy

To fix towns, politicians must not forget about cities

Labour and the Conservatives plan to improve the lives of swing voters in neglected areas — but regional policy would be better

Tuesday, 10 October, 2023

High Speed Two Ltd

Short-term thinking on HS2 will cause long-term damage

Sunak’s decision to curtail the rail project goes against international experience

Wednesday, 20 September, 2023

Social affairs

AI could consign educational traumas to history

Thanks to technology, tailoring education to the learner is within our grasp

Monday, 31 July, 2023

Digital currencies

The real scandal of central bank digital currency

We are missing an opportunity to level the monetary playing field in the interests of all citizens

Monday, 17 July, 2023

UK politics

UK government has ‘mixed scorecard’ on levelling up admits adviser

Andy Haldane says flagship policy has done little to reduce regional inequality

Friday, 30 June, 2023

UK inflation

Austerity is back, and this time it’s monetary

The Bank of England must avoid overdosing the economy and tolerate above-target inflation for a little longer

Monday, 26 June, 2023

Global Economy

The global race to industrialise is just what we need

Manufacturing is undergoing a revival around the world, sending several secular trends into reverse

Tuesday, 16 May, 2023

Global Economy

The case for rethinking fiscal rules is overwhelming

Rather than exerting useful discipline, they are constraining government investment

Tuesday, 11 April, 2023

Coronavirus economic impact

Crises have left us stuck in a ‘doom loop’ of insuring risky behaviour

The state safety net is becoming dangerously distended with support for households and businesses as well as banks

Friday, 3 March, 2023

Central banks

Central banks need to show a bit more imagination

Sticking rigidly to existing inflation targets risks snuffing out nascent growth

Thursday, 24 November, 2022

Health

Worsening health is an economic headwind

Adverse trends in wellbeing are contributing to flatlining productivity in the UK

Monday, 9 May, 2022

UK inflation

BoE rate setter warns UK inflation ‘uncomfortably high’

Failure to rein in prices would be ‘very costly’ for economy, says MPC member Michael Saunders

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

InterviewUK Inequality

Levelling up chief warns inflation will make tackling UK inequalities harder

Andy Haldane admits cost of living crisis will hit ‘left behind’ areas but insists it will not derail policy

Sunday, 19 September, 2021

UK politics

Andy Haldane to head UK’s levelling-up task force

Former Bank of England chief economist will report to PM and Michael Gove

Wednesday, 30 June, 2021

Bank of England

BoE’s Andy Haldane warns over inflation complacency in parting shot

In blast at colleagues, outgoing chief economist says ‘everyone would lose’ if price rises accelerate

Tuesday, 11 May, 2021

UK business

BoE chief economist says colleagues too gloomy on outlook

Andy Haldane’s stance emerges as FT analysis finds MPC downgraded forecast on pace of recovery

Wednesday, 14 April, 2021

The Andy Haldane hits: rainforests, frisbees and finance

Highlights from the departing chief economist of the Bank of England’s speeches over the years.

Tuesday, 13 April, 2021

UK economy

Bank of England’s chief economist to run Royal Society of Arts

Andy Haldane will leave central bank in June after working there since 1989

Tuesday, 13 April, 2021

Megan Greene

Why it’s too soon to get your flapper glad rags out

Today may have similarities with the Roaring Twenties but remember bust can follow boom

Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

UK economy

UK’s ‘level up’ plans criticised by independent advisory group

Industrial strategy council led by BoE chief economist fires parting shot at government and casts doubt on climate change promises

Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

UK industrial strategy

UK industrial strategy is dead, long may it live

The success of Britain’s Covid vaccine programme contains invaluable lessons for future growth

Friday, 26 February, 2021

UK inflation

BoE chief economist warns against complacency over inflation

Andy Haldane compares rising prices to a tiger stirred by ultra-loose monetary policy

Andy Haldane

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