Markets and operations: 2010 Q1

This article reviews developments in global financial markets since the 2009 Q4 Quarterly Bulletin up to 19 February 2010. The article also reviews the Bank’s official operations.

Markets and operations: 2010 Q4

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, since the 2010 Q3 Quarterly Bulletin up to 19 November 2010. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.

Markets and operations: 2010 Q3

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, since the 2010 Q2 Quarterly Bulletin up to 27 August 2010. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.

Markets and operations - 2009 Q3

This article reviews developments in global financial markets since the 2009 Q2 Quarterly Bulletin up to end-August 2009. The article also reviews the Bank’s official operations.

Markets and operations: 2011 Q3

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, between the 2011 Q2 Quarterly Bulletin and 26 August 2011. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.

The Bank's balance sheet during the crisis

This article sets out how monetary policy implementation and liquidity provision during the financial crisis have affected the size and composition of the Bank of England’s balance sheet. It extends and updates a recent speech by Paul Fisher, Executive Director Markets, and describes the main components of the Bank’s balance sheet prior to and during the crisis.

The Bank's money market framework

The Bank of England implements the policy stance of the Monetary Policy Committee through its operations in the sterling money markets. It also uses these operations to reduce the costs of disruption to the liquidity and payment services supplied by banks. In order to ensure their continued effectiveness, it was necessary to adapt the framework for these operations in response to the significant changes to financial and monetary conditions that occurred during the recent financial crisis. This article describes how central banks can use their money market operations to implement monetary policy and provide liquidity support to banks and some of the issues that can arise when undertaking operations to achieve these two objectives. The article goes on to explain the Bank’s choices about its own operating framework, including how its thinking has been influenced by the lessons learned during the financial crisis.

Markets and operations: 2011 Q4

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, between the 2011 Q3 Quarterly Bulletin and 25 November 2011. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.

Markets and operations: 2011 Q1

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, between the 2010 Q4 Quarterly Bulletin and 25 February 2011. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.

Markets and operations: 2011 Q2

This article reviews developments in sterling financial markets, including the Bank’s official operations, between the 2011 Q1 Quarterly Bulletin and 20 May 2011. The article also summarises market intelligence on selected topical issues relating to market functioning.