The monetary policy strategy of the Bank of England in 2020–21: An assessment

Abstract

Excessive money creation during the Covid pandemic has resulted in Britain's worst episode of inflation since 1990-91. The backdrop to this failure of monetary policy is the Bank of England's aggregate demand/aggregate supply framework together with the Monetary Policy Committee's neglect of broad money. An alternative way to operate monetary policy is urgently needed. A significantly improved monetary policy outcome could be achieved by shifting from trying to steer the economy using interest rates and quantitative easing or quantitative tightening to reliance on the relative stability of income velocity (the ratio of nominal GDP to broad money) as a means of managing aggregate demand.

The Financial Collapse of Capitalism.

“…These facts serve to emphasise that the quantity theory of money, on its own, cannot account for all instances of inflation in all countries, even if it is sufficient to explain hyperinflation in some. This did not, however, prevent Greenwood (2023 [41]), writing in the right-wing 'think tank', the Institute of Economic Affairs', publication, Economic Affairs, from blaming the monetary policies of the Bank of England for that inflation.…”