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The 2021 redesign of the £50 note, featuring British mathematician Alan Turing on the reverse, is officially unveiled by the Bank of England. It is slated to enter circulation on June 23, Turing's birthday.
2021-03-25

The Court of Appeals for England and Wales overturns a ruling earlier this year by the High Court of Justice that stated the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro did not have the right to access the Central Bank of Venezuela's gold, worth more than US$1.8 billion, currently stored by the Bank of England due to the UK government's recognition of oppositional leader Juan Guaidó as the actual president.
2020-10-5

In a case to decide who controls a $2 billion worth of gold from the Central Bank of Venezuela stored in the Bank of England, the High Court of Justice in London rules that the United Kingdom "unequivocally recognises Mr. Guaidó as President of Venezuela", refusing to give Nicolás Maduro access to the gold.
2020-07-2

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says "sorry is not enough" from British financial institutions that benefited from the Atlantic slave trade, and demands reparations from the United Kingdom. This comes after the Bank of England apologized for the "inexcusable connections" of some of its past governors and directors to slavery.
2020-06-19

The Central Bank of Venezuela launches a legal claim against the Bank of England, to try to force the British bank to release €930m ($1bn; £820m) worth of Venezuelan gold it claims it holds.
2020-05-19

In an emergency move, less than two weeks after the previous unscheduled intervention, the Fed drops its benchmark rate a full percentage point. It announces a $700 billion quantitative easing program, sets reserve requirements for thousands of banks to zero and lowers other lending rates. The set of measures appears as its biggest ever in a single day.
2020-03-15

The value of the euro falls by one percent after the European Central Bank announces it expects to halve net bond purchases to €15 billion per month from October to December, then end "quantitative easing" by the close of the year, while not raising interest rates.
2018-06-14

The Bank of England issues an unusually sharp warning about the possible economic consequences of an "Out" vote in the upcoming Brexit referendum.
2016-05-12

The U.S. Federal Reserve announces it will keep interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" at least through mid 2013, though it makes no commitment for further quantitative easing.
2011-08-9

The United States dollar reaches a 15-year low against the Japanese yen and depreciates against a range of other currencies due to concerns about further quantitative easing by the United States Federal Reserve.
2010-10-7