Banking

Financial markets point to very data-dependent monetary policy – Bank Underground

Nades Raviraj and Danny Walker Big and uncertain shocks have pushed UK inflation above the 2% inflation target over the past few years. How...

Climate change increases bilateral trade costs (through its impact on maritime shipping) – Bank Underground

Maximilian Huppertz It is well established that climate change affects productivity, but its effects on trade costs have not been studied. Ignoring these and...

housing and inflation expectations – Bank Underground

Vedanta Dhamija, Ricardo Nunes and Roshni Tara Inflation has been widely discussed in recent years, from supermarket aisles to newspapers. But what if what people...

Opening the floodgates? Modelling spillovers from flood insurance protection gaps to UK mortgages – Bank Underground

Will Banks and Kemal Erçevik When extreme weather hits, households typically turn to insurers to cushion the financial blow. But rising temperatures and greater...

Money talks, broadly speaking – Bank Underground

Aaron Clements-Partridge and Ryland Thomas Broad money aggregates failed policymakers when used as an intermediate target in the 1980s, but they appeared to predict...

why payment choice matters for disabled people – Bank Underground

Lily Smith Research on payment preferences in the UK has rarely explored how preferences and experiences vary by disability type, often treating disabled people...