Mervyn Allister King
Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King carries his bags as he arrives to attend the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Aylesbury, southern England, on May 10, 2013. The Group of Seven top economies kick-started fresh talks on spurring growth amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity and renewed market focus on 'currency wars' after the yen hit new dollar lows.
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These numbers will certainly set up an interesting dynamic for [Bank of England Governor] Sir Mervyn King's last meeting (6th June). We see scope for disappointment here too if the market looks for a return to QE because the U.K. economy is increasingly looking stronger than thought
One of Mervyn King's last acts as Bank of England Governor will almost certainly be a letter of explanation to the Chancellor to explain yet another inflation overshoot. And further out it's unlikely that the U.K. will get back to the Chancellor's 2 percent target
Don’t demonise individuals here. This wasn’t a problem of individuals, this was a problem of failure of a systemMore quotes »
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‘Canada is working’: Carney praises economy, but warns against relying on consumer debt to stoke growth
across the Atlantic? Mr. Carney leaves the bank of Canada on June 1 — two years shy of his seven-year term — to take over from Mervyn King as the U.K.’s central bank chief on July 1. Mr. King offered some advice to his successor on the weekend will need to 5/20/13 from National Post Read more »
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BOE's King Says More Steps Needed for Growth
U.K. economy is in recovery but policy makers need to do more to lift growth, Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said Sunday. "We are seeing a recovery. But it's only a modest recovery, and we certainly can't be satisfied with it," Mr. King said in an interview from FOX Business Read more »
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business - May 20
Mervyn King, the outgoing head of the Bank of England, has called for an end of banker bashing saying it's wrong to "demonise individuals" for the failure of the financial system. Google Inc executive chairman Eric Schmidt has urged the Chancellor to lead from Reuters Read more »
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Leaders: Good reasons for demonisation of bankers
the time come to halt the demonisation of bankers? Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King thinks so. His point is not simply that it has gone on long enough and that it is time to move on. His argument is that the financial crash was a product of from The Scotsman Read more »
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The Tories must water these green shoots
Mervyn King, like a Scotsman with a grievance, is rarely mistaken for a ray of sunshine – still less for the first cuckoo of spring. Yet in his farewell tour as Governor of the Bank of England, he is exhibiting something we have not seen in British politics from The Telegraph Read more »
