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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee raises interest rates to 4.5%, the highest level in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis.
2023-05-11

The Bank of England raises its interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, to 3.00%, the largest increase in 33 years, amid soaring inflation and a cost of living crisis in the UK. The bank also predicts a record-length recession, lasting until mid-2024.
2022-11-3

The Bank of England buys 65 billion pounds of bonds in a bid to stabilise the UK economy.
2022-09-28

The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995.
2022-08-4

The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer asks the Bank of England whether it needs more power. The central bank's Financial Policy Committee will study the question.
2013-11-26

Mark Carney, current Governor of the Bank of Canada, is named as the next Governor of the Bank of England. He will take up the position when current Governor Mervyn King steps down in June 2013.
2012-11-26

The New York Court of Appeals rules that insurance policyholders opposed to a restructuring plan undertaken by MBIA in 2009 with the approval of its primary regulator, New York's insurance authorities, may sue for fraudulent conveyance in a trial court in that state.
2011-06-28

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Indiana in 2009, enjoining Teva Pharmaceuticals from the marketing of its drug for the treatment of osteoporosis. The district court found, and the appellate court agrees, that Teva's drug is in violation of a valid patent held by Eli Lilly and Company.
2010-09-1

George Osborne scraps Britain's financial regulator and grants new powers to the Bank of England.
2010-06-16

The Bank of Spain announces that Spain’s economy fell 3.6% in 2009, the most in decades.
2010-02-6