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Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates.
2022-11-16

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 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 Bank of England blocks Maduro's officials from withdrawing $1.2 billion worth of gold.
2019-01-26

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