Is the Bank of England Crashing the Economy?

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Over the weekend, we did a video on UK's gilt crisis - and many of you have pointed out that it's all the fault of the Bank of England. So, in this video, we're taking a look at whether the central bank is indeed to blame, and how this has put the notion of central bank independence under strain.

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1 - https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/central-bank-balance-sheet
2 - https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/08/06/has-quantitative-tightening-run-out-of-road/
3 - https://www.ft.com/content/d2b5d61d-bb84-40fa-9234-211dae9bc283

00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - Context
02:35 - What is Quantitative Tightening?
07:32 - Sponsored Content