Tag Archives: Bank of England

SMEs Must Invest – And Borrowing Is Best

| June 15, 2015

Following the credit crunch, debt has become a bit of dirty word and many UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now classed as permanent non-borrowers. Given that productivity is a big problem in the UK, this suggests that there has been a lack of investment by British companies and this is partially due to […]

Deflation Risk Is Bad News For Savers

| February 21, 2015

The Bank of England published its quarterly ‘Inflation Report’ last week and the Governor, Mark Carney, said that inflation was expected to fall to zero later this year and that interest rates may be reduced below the current level of 0.5 per cent for a short period to help ensure that Britain does not enter […]