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Megan Greene

@economistmeg.bsky.social
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External MPC Member, Bank of England; Senior Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, Brown University; Red Sox fan. All opinions mine.

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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The case for raising U.K. interest rates is growing giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... My latest in @FT. You can find more analysis behind it in my recent speech: www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2026/...
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The case for raising UK interest rates is growing
The Bank of England should proactively lean against second-round effects from the energy shock
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Here’s my latest speech on 2nd round effects, in which I: 👉Look at how energy shocks affect inflation 👉Analyse the shocks in 2011 & 2022 to gauge the extent of 2nd round effects now 👉Use scenarios to explore the appropriate monetary policy response www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2026/...
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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"This is our third negative supply shock in five years. We do have to worry about wage and ​price setting," @economistmeg.bsky.social said at a Financial Times event on Monday.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
As a baseball fan of many years, I’ve never seen anything like this before. I love it. Normalize giving your fellow humans hugs.
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The policies of the Fed impact economies globally, but that doesn’t mean other central banks have to follow the Fed. If the Fed were to implement surprise rate cuts, the Bank of England should arguably do the exact opposite. My latest in @FT www.ft.com/content/fa99...
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The Bank of England does not need to ‘follow the Fed’
The decisions of the US central bank can have a mixed impact on the domestic UK economy
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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
by @economistmeg.bsky.social !!!!!!
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Many thanks to @resfoundation for hosting my speech this morning. I look at how monetary policy divergence impacts the U.K. economy and my own policy considerations. I show that unexpected Fed rate cuts could fuel U.K. inflation. ✍️ Take a look here: www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2026/...
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Forks in the Curve: whether and how to respond to monetary policy divergence - speech by Megan Greene
Given at the Resolution Foundation
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I joined @RitikaGuptaTV on @CNBC yesterday to discuss my views on the U.K. economy, the budget, risks to inflation and rates. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
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Persistent inflation may delay rate cuts, says Bank of England rate-setter
Megan Greene, external member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England discusses her inflationary outlook for the forthcoming months, the impact of the UK budget on monetary policy, and...
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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Brexit hit productivity and lowered the economy’s non-inflationary “speed limit,” Greene ( @economistmeg.bsky.social ) said. Undoing some of the damage by rebuilding EU relations would lift Britain’s growth potential, enabling more activity without triggering price rises.
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Closer UK-EU Ties Would Help Inflation Fight, BOE’s Greene Says
An improved UK relationship with the European Union would help the Bank of England keep inflation under control, BOE policymaker Megan Greene said.
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Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I'm in @opinion.bloomberg.com today talking about three "partial truths" in the US economic narrative. "Partial truths" are not myths--they have more than a kernel of fact behind them--but they demand caution, asterisks, and grains of salt. www.bloomberg.com/op... 1/9
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AI’s Effect on the US Economy Is Exaggerated
Sometimes there are economic narratives that don’t quite deserve a debunking — they have more than a kernel of truth to them — but rather demand an appropriate level of skepticism. Three such stories are widespread today.
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
For our first panel at #TheBodrumRT Milica Delević, @economistmeg.bsky.social, @erik-jones.bsky.social & Denis Redonnet examined “Global economic fragmentation”, chaired by @cergrant.bsky.social
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
My column on supply shocks, now with the chart that the FT inadvertently omitted: www.ft.com/content/c774...
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Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks
We now know that the inflation that often follows can be persistent rather than transitory
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The conventional wisdom that central banks should look through negative supply shocks needs updating. I use our recent experiences with supply shocks to draw lessons about how they hit the economy and how central banks should respond to them. www.ft.com/content/c774...
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Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks
We now know that the inflation that often follows can be persistent rather than transitory
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I gave a speech at @UofGlasgow on the lessons we have learned from recent supply shocks and how to respond to them. The conventional wisdom is to look through them. I think we need to reconsider this. www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2025/...
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The Supply Side Demands More Attention − speech by Megan Greene
Given at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“I’ve seen what happens when a country messes with data.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o... By Andreas Georgiou, the former head of the Greek stats agency who was subjected to 7 criminal and civil legal cases for reporting Greece’s stats accurately.
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Opinion | I’ve Seen What Happens When a Country Messes With Data. America, Beware.
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#WeekendWatching 📺 Did you miss our Public Lecture with MPC member @economistmeg.bsky.social on Central Bank balance sheets earlier in the week?!? NO panic ❗️ You can watch it back here ⬇️😉 #CentralBanks #MonetaryPolicy #UKeconomy
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Public Lecture with Megan Greene: Monetary Policy Implications of Differences in Central Bank Balance Sheet Management - NIESR
In this speech, Megan will examine the differences in how the Bank of England, ECB and Federal Reserve are managing their balance sheets, whether they provide financial arbitrage opportunities for…
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I gave a speech today at @NIESRorg looking at how the BoE, ECB and Fed manage their balance sheets, whether the differences bw them create trading opportunities for banks to book profits and whether I need to worry about this as an MPC member.👇 b-o-e.uk/44dbxCb
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A feature not a bug − speech by Megan Greene
Speech given at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our Public Lecture with @economistmeg.bsky.social on Central Bank balance sheets has just started, introduced by @econstevem.bsky.social 📈 #CentralBanks #BankOfEngland #MonetaryPolicy niesr.ac.uk/event/public...
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
UPCOMING EVENT: Public Lecture with @bankofengland.bsky.social's Megan Greene 💬 @economistmeg.bsky.social "Monetary Policy Implications of Differences in Central Bank Balance Sheet Management" ⏰ 24 June, 10:30-11:30 📌 NIESR offices, Westminster Sign up to attend 👇 niesr.ac.uk/event/public...
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Public Lecture with Megan Greene: Monetary Policy Implications of Differences in Central Bank Balance Sheet Management - NIESR
In this speech, Megan will examine the differences in how the Bank of England, ECB and Federal Reserve are managing their balance sheets, whether they provide financial arbitrage opportunities for...
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
“At the end of the day, your integrity is all you have. Guard it wisely.” Nice commencement speech by Jay Powell at Princeton. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Baccalaureate remarks by Chair Powell at the Princeton University Baccalaureate Ceremony
Thank you, President Eisgruber, for the opportunity to speak here today. Congratulations to the Princeton University class of 2025 on the tremendous achievemen
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Here’s how I’m thinking through some of the channels of tariff propagation through the U.K. economy. Exchange rates are important—and they haven’t moved as the theory would suggest. My latest in @FT www.ft.com/content/cd50...
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Uncertainty remains the only certainty for UK on tariffs
If the dollar were to weaken further, the drag on growth and inflation would probably be larger
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Was a pleasure to join @flacqua on @BloombergTV today to discuss the potential impact of tariffs on the UK (depends partly on exchange rates), other sources of uncertainty for the UK inflation outlook and the importance of central bank independence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nan...
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Trump Tariffs: Why BOE Rate-Setter Megan Greene Sees Disinflation Risk
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Surprised CD’s are even still on the chart… h/t @chartdaily
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Just check out this banger chart from the indispensable work by Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl and Livia Chitu. Countries that rely on the US for military protection hold a much higher fraction of their foreign exchange reserves in U.S. dollars. They show similar patterns for historical data.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
CDU/CSU &SPD have just proposed a sea change in German fiscal policy: - defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake - 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure - looser debt rules for states - further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Deutsche Bank not holding back in describing how important Germany's deal to lift is debt brake is: www.ft.com/content/1886...
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Tom Braithwaite @tombraithwaite.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
One of the FT’s biggest UK reporting jobs was posted this week Chief UK Business Correspondent job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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Job Application for Chief UK Business Correspondent at Financial Times
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 27/11/2024
New fintwit is in danger of becoming a sausage fest like old fintwit so here are some LADIES on a list for you to follow. I made it in my sick bed so 1: sympathy please and 2: tell me who I missed bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I’m contractually obligated to tell you guys the Boston Red Sox added Jhoestynxon Garcia to their 40-man roster and his nickname is “The Password.”
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Umit Singh Dhuga @usdhuga.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Reminder that there’s an excellent webinar tomorrow on the future of inflation — @economistmeg.bsky.social is involved and that’s usually all the suasion one needs. Tomorrow at 1.30pm EST / 6.30pm GMT www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
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The future of inflation
6.30pm Monday 18 Nov | Boris Vujčić, Iain Begg | Registration Required | Free hybrid public event at the LSE
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’m speaking alongside Boris Vujčić (Governor of the Croatian National Bank) at the LSE next Monday on the future of inflation. Details to register are here: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
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The future of inflation
6.30pm Monday 18 Nov | Boris Vujčić, Iain Begg | Registration Required | Free hybrid public event at the LSE
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
I sat down with the Atlantic Council last week at the IMF/WB meetings to talk about the U.K. economy and my views on the balance of risks. The full discussion is here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcs...
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The Bank of England's Megan Greene on the bank's first rate cut in four years
YouTube video by AtlanticCouncil
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Wow, thank you for the warm welcome on here! It really does feel like 2010 Twitter. Thanks also to @tobyn.bsky.social for the super quick starter hack.
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
In this Financial Times column, I examine the weakness in UK consumption and discuss the implications for the economy and monetary policy. t.co/AhbcvBLUxx Nice to be back online the pink pages!
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https://www.ft.com/content/35845d93-11e4-4387-b5e7-0ccfc9218ce6
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