Bank of England

E3384

central bank public institution

The Bank of England is the United Kingdom’s central bank, responsible for issuing currency, setting monetary policy, and maintaining financial stability.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Bank of England canonical	108
Bank of England (historic buildings)	2
Bank of England, London	2
central bank of the United Kingdom	2
Bank of England (architectural work)	1
Bank of England (for certain functions)	1
Bank of England (for certain market infrastructure provisions)	1
Bank of England (for market infrastructure aspects)	1
Bank of England (for sterling area)	1
Bank of England (parts of the building)	1
Bank of England (wider area)	1
Bank of England headquarters	1
Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London	1
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England	1
United Kingdom central banking system	1
United Kingdom monetary policy authority	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank ⓘ public institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ⓘ
buildingStyle	neoclassical architecture (main London building) ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currencyCode	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: GBP
designedBy	Sir John Soane ⓘ surface form: Sir John Soane (historic rebuilding)
foundedBy	Royal charter ⓘ
foundingDate	1694 ⓘ
governingBody	Court of Directors ⓘ
grantedOperationalIndependence	1997 ⓘ
hasDivision	Court of Directors ⓘ Financial Policy Committee ⓘ Monetary Policy Committee ⓘ Prudential Regulation Authority ⓘ
hasReserveFunction	manages UK foreign exchange reserves (with HM Treasury) ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bankofengland.co.uk ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Threadneedle Street ⓘ
implements	quantitative easing programmes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
issuesCurrency	Pound sterling ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
keyPerson	Governor of the Bank of England ⓘ
legalStatus	wholly owned by the UK government ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
memberOf	European Systemic Risk Board (before Brexit-related changes) ⓘ
monitors	systemic risk in the UK financial system ⓘ
motto	“Lender of last resort” (descriptive role, not official motto) ⓘ
nationalised	1946 ⓘ
oversees	UK payment systems ⓘ
owner	HM Treasury ⓘ
publishes	Financial Stability Report ⓘ Inflation Report (now Monetary Policy Report) ⓘ
regionServed	United Kingdom ⓘ
regulates	banks in the United Kingdom (via Prudential Regulation Authority) ⓘ insurers in the United Kingdom (via Prudential Regulation Authority) ⓘ
regulatoryScope	macroprudential regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor	financial stability in the United Kingdom ⓘ issuing banknotes in the United Kingdom ⓘ monetary policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ prudential regulation of certain financial institutions ⓘ wholesale payments system oversight ⓘ
role	banker to commercial banks in the United Kingdom ⓘ banker to the UK government ⓘ lender of last resort in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sector	financial services ⓘ
sets	official Bank Rate ⓘ
supervises	systemically important financial institutions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfBanknotes	polymer banknotes (current series) ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chancellor of the Exchequer → worksWith → Bank of England ⓘ

London, England → hosts → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: London

Pound sterling → centralBank → Bank of England ⓘ

Pound sterling → issuingAuthority → Bank of England ⓘ

Pound sterling → monetaryAuthority → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England

HM Treasury → collaboratesWith → Bank of England ⓘ

London Stock Exchange → regulator → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank of England (for market infrastructure aspects)

Queen Victoria Street → runsBetween → Bank of England ⓘ

Queen Victoria Street → terminusEast → Bank of England ⓘ

Bank of Amsterdam → influenced → Bank of England ⓘ

Sir John Soane → notableWork → Bank of England ⓘ

Sir John Soane → employer → Bank of England ⓘ

Treasury → collaboratesWith → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: HM Treasury

UK Debt Management Office (policy oversight) → collaboratesWith → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: UK Debt Management Office

Monetary Policy Committee → parentOrganization → Bank of England ⓘ

Monetary Policy Committee → partOf → Bank of England ⓘ

Monetary Policy Committee → headquartersLocation → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London

Financial Policy Committee → parentOrganization → Bank of England ⓘ

Financial Policy Committee → partOf → Bank of England ⓘ

Financial Policy Committee → headquartersLocation → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank of England, London

Court of Directors → governs → Bank of England ⓘ

Inflation Report (now Monetary Policy Report) → publishedBy → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Inflation Report

Inflation Report (now Monetary Policy Report) → publishedBy → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Monetary Policy Report

Financial Stability Report → publisher → Bank of England ⓘ

Financial Stability Report → publishingOrganization → Bank of England ⓘ

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → refersTo → Bank of England ⓘ

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → appliesTo → Bank of England ⓘ

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → usedFor → Bank of England ⓘ

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → describes → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: central bank of the United Kingdom

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → symbolizes → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom central banking system

City of London → hasInstitution → Bank of England ⓘ

Whig Party → supported → Bank of England ⓘ

Prudential Regulation Authority → parentOrganization → Bank of England ⓘ

Prudential Regulation Authority → partOf → Bank of England ⓘ

Treasury of the United Kingdom → collaboratesWith → Bank of England ⓘ

Kenneth Grahame → employer → Bank of England ⓘ

Jersey pound → centralBankFunctionPerformedBy → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank of England (for sterling area)

Charles Montagu → associatedWith → Bank of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Thomas Tooke → employer → Bank of England ⓘ

Financial Conduct Authority → cooperatesWith → Bank of England ⓘ

CREST → regulator → Bank of England ⓘ

Threadneedle Street → knownFor → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank of England headquarters

Threadneedle Street → hasLandmark → Bank of England ⓘ

Threadneedle Street → usedAsMetonymFor → Bank of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom monetary policy authority

Sir John Parker → employer → Bank of England ⓘ

St Mary-le-Bow, London → near → Bank of England ⓘ

Raymond Bonham Carter → employer → Bank of England ⓘ

Cornhill, London, England → near → Bank of England ⓘ

Bank junction → surroundedBy → Bank of England ⓘ