MPC

Sterling and gilt yields have jumped this morning after the latest Monetary Policy Committee minutes revealed Mark Carney and all other MPC members voted against more QE in July.

A member of the Monetary Policy Committee told the Treasury today that "all of the discussions" at the Bank of England are about extending the quantitative easing programme rather than slowing it down.

MONETARY POLICY

Sir Mervyn King chairs his last ever MPC meeting today, but will his parting gift be one last blast of the QE tap?

Carney cure

Outgoing Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to spell out how long interest rates will remain low when he takes charge.

Mervyn King, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England, has warned central banks risk becoming more politicized as a result of their efforts to tackle the banking crisis and subsequent recessions.

Analysts have raised concerns about the government's debt plans for 2013-14 after the Budget revealed a sharp rise in the amount of short-dated debt due to be issued.

René Defossez, fixed income strategist at Natixis, assesses the next steps for the UK economy.

Sterling fell back this morning ahead of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement as traders speculated whether the Bank will restart the printing presses to shore up the UK's economic recover.