Financial Times FT.com

King prepares for quantitative easing

By George Parker and Jim Pickard

Published: February 26 2009 12:00 | Last updated: February 26 2009 12:56

Mervyn King, Bank of England governor, insisted on Thursday he would not allow ”a great inflationary surge”, as the monetary policy committee prepares to embark on the process of quantitative easing.

Mr King told MPs he expected to start pumping more money into the economy in ”the next few months” as the Bank starts buying up assets, thus boosting the money supply.

You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

Read this