A two-decade series of upheavals at the Bank of England provided the background to a monetary and economic revolution that reverberates still through global finance today. . Harold James’ Making a Modern Central Bank examines the most turbulent period of change at the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street since its early years helping finance war with France after its foundation in 1694.
The OMFIF launch of the book brings together a host of characters to discuss the past successes and failures which contribute to the makeup of the current Bank of England. The session starts with how the Bank of England was shaped through the 1990s into 2000s, going onto discuss the separation of powers and ends by looking at how this impacts financial markets, then, now, and into the future.
