Central bankers and their irrational fear

Mervyn King said “Central banks are often accused of being obsessed with inflation. This is untrue. If they are obsessed with anything, it ...

Central bank advice on austerity

As I wrote recently , the economic debate on the impact on austerity is over bar the details. Fiscal contraction when interest rates are at...

Mervyn King

Mervyn King is about to retire as Governor of the Bank of England, and there have already been assessments (e.g. here ). I will not attempt ...