The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, founded in 1694 under a royal charter and headquartered on Threadneedle Street in the City of London since 1734. It is the world's second oldest central bank still in operation, after Sweden's Riksbank, and its long history running the machinery of a national currency and government debt made it, in its own historians' words, the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Its Monetary Policy Committee has targeted two percent inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, under a mandate set by the UK Treasury.
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The Bank of England is among the member central banks that own and participate in the Bank for International Settlements, founded in 1930 to support cooperation among the world's central banks.
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Black Wednesday, Events The Bank of England spent billions of pounds in reserves attempting to defend sterling's ERM band before the UK government withdrew the currency from the mechanism.
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The Bank Charter Act 1844, which shaped the Bank of England's exclusive note-issue power and reserve rules, enacted Currency School doctrine; stance holds reflects the school's documented support for that settlement.
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Inflation, Concepts The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee targets two percent inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, a mandate set for it by the UK Treasury.
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Panic of 1837, Events Bank of England interest rate increases in 1836, aimed at rebuilding British reserves, transmitted tight credit conditions to American banks and helped trigger the panic.
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Railway Mania, Events The Bank of England's 1845 interest rate increase is credited with triggering the collapse of Railway Mania share prices.
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South Sea Bubble, Events The Bank of England was the South Sea Company''s direct rival for management of the national debt through the whole episode; the crash confirmed the Bank''s position as banker to the British government.
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The Banking School opposed the reserve requirement the Bank Charter Act 1844 imposed on the Bank of England's own note issue; stance critiques reflects the school's documented opposition to that regulatory settlement.
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The royal charter of the Bank of England was granted on 27 July 1694
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The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, founded in 1694 under a royal charter and headquartered on Threadneedle Street in the City of London since 1734.
- Associated With: Inflation
Associated With: South Sea Bubble, South Sea Bubble (South Sea Company), Recriminations section
At the time of these events, the Bank of England was also a private company dealing in national debt, and the crash of its rival confirmed its position as banker to the British government.
- Associated With: Railway Mania, Railway Mania
- Associated With: Black Wednesday, Black Wednesday
Associated With: Banking School, British Banking School, Bank Charter Act 1844 passage
Thus they opposed the requirement in the Bank Charter Act 1844 for a reserve requirement on banknotes.
Associated With: Currency School, Currency school, Bank Charter Act 1844 passage
Following the Napoleonic War, the Bank Charter Act 1844 was passed. This act allowed only the Bank of England to print money and required all banks to hold a specific amount of reserve and currency.
Associated With: Panic of 1837, Panic of 1837
The result was that as the Bank of England raised interest rates, major banks in the United States were forced to do the same.
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