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Quantitative tightening

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine quantitative tightening, including its impact on the economy and its fiscal costs. It will also investigate the role of quantitative easing and tightening in the current outbreak of double-digit inflation and in bringing inflation down.

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 17 March 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifth Report - Quantitative Tightening
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Third Special Report - Quantitative Tightening: Government, Bank of England and Debt Management Office Reponses to the Committee’s Fifth Report
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Third Special Report - Quantitative Tightening: Government, Bank of England and Debt Management Office Reponses to the Committee’s Fifth Report
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Correspondence

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Letter from Bank of England relating to Cashflows arising from quantitative easing and tightening, dated 18 December
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Letter from HM Treasury, Permanent Secretary relating to Cashflows arising from quantitative easing and tightening, dated 15 December
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Letter to Bank of England relating to Cashflows arising from quantitative easing and tightening, dated 4 December
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Oral evidence transcripts

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18 May 2023
Inquiry Quantitative tightening
Witnesses Andrew Bailey (Governor at Bank of England), Ben Broadbent (Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy at Bank of England), and Dave Ramsden (Deputy Governor, Markets and Banking at Bank of England)
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Oral Evidence
18 April 2023
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Witnesses Professor Jagjit S. Chadha (Director at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)), Dr Gerard Lyons (Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth), Dr Katharine Neiss (Chief European Economist at PGIM Fixed Income), and Andrew Sentance (Senior Advisor at Cambridge Econometrics, and External Member at Monetary Policy Committee, 2006-11)
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Written evidence

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Martin Weale (Professor of Economics at Kings College London) (QT0013)
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Professor David Blanchflower and Professor Richard Murphy (QT0012)
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Trades Union Congress (QT0011)
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