BFS Presents: "From the Ground Up" - The Fiscal & Monetary Policy debate
Who really decides your interest rates?
Interest rates, inflation and the Budget shape almost every part of corporate and personal finance, from how companies borrow, invest and value their assets, to your rent, your savings and your student loan. Hear how it all works from two of the people at the centre of it.
Huw Pill (Chief Economist at the Bank of England) and Jonathan Haskel (Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility), in conversation with Prof Nick Pearce (Director of the Institute for Policy Research).
🔥 Fireside chat
Monetary policy = interest rates. The Bank of England decides whether they go up, down or stay the same.
Fiscal policy = government spending and tax. The OBR looks over the government’s shoulder to check whether its plans add up.
The catch? Their decisions affect each other.
On 19 November, we’ll hear how the two think about the same economy, from two people at the centre of each side.
🎯 For students
“What’s your view on interest rates?” is a classic interview question. This is your chance to understand monetary and fiscal policy from the source, and to have something better to say than what you read in the news.
🏛️ For everyone else
Every Budget sparks political debate, and the outcome reaches your mortgage, bills and public services. Understand its mechanisms from the people behind it all.
🙋 Your questions
Put your questions directly to the BoE's Chief Economist and the Chair of the OBR, whether they’re about your career or your cost of living.
This has never happened in Bath before, and it’s happening once. Don’t miss it.
🗓️ Thursday 19 November | 5:15–6:15pm | 📍 CB 2.6
Run in partnership with the Institute for Policy Research.