About this episode

Silvana Tenreyro discusses her experiences on the Bank of England's MPC and key economic issues.

We are joined in our latest edition of BM Talks by Silvana Tenreyro. Silvana sat on the Bank of England's MPC from 2017 until 2023 and is a professor of Economics at the LSE. We asked: What is the biggest lesson from her time on the MPC which covered the aftermath of the Brexit vote along with Covid and the war in Ukraine?Is central bank credibility at risk?Does the Bernanke Review of the Bank of England go far enough?How should we think of the "neutral rate" of interest?How usefu...

People in this episode

Host: BlondeMoney

Guest: Silvana Tenreyro

Topics covered

• central banking
• economics
• interest rates
• Brexit
• Covid-19
• Ukraine war

Keywords

• Silvana Tenreyro
• Bank of England
• MPC
• neutral rate
• Bernanke Review
• Brexit
• Covid
• Ukraine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bank of England, LSE

Books & works: Bernanke Review of the Bank of England

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