Governor of the Bank of England to give evidence

• Parliament TV: Annual evidence session with the Governor of the Bank of England
• Select Committee for Economic Affairs

Witnesses

At 2.30pm on Tuesday 10 March in Committee Room 1 of the Palace of Westminster.

• Dr Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England

Areas of questioning

Whether new capital rules will affect the amount banks are willing or able to lend.

• What differentiates good deflation and bad deflation?
• The credibility of the target inflation rate of 2%, which the Bank has rarely come close to meeting since the financial crisis.
• How effective quantitative easing has been in boosting the UK economy in practice
• The possible impact on the UK economy of further economic uncertainty in the Eurozone and of the low value of the euro against the pound.
• Banking culture – are banks now too big to manage?
• Why productivity in the UK has been weak since the financial crisis and what makes the Bank believe it will return to its historic rate of growth by 2016.
• When the Financial Policy Committee might exercise proposed powers to place limits on residential mortgage lending.
• Accounting standards and the role of auditors.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch Committees