Select Committee · Treasury Committee

Quantitative tightening

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Jan 2023 Closed: 1 May 2024 10 recommendations 12 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will examine quantitative tightening, including its impact on the economy and its fiscal costs. It will also investigate the role of quantitative easing and tightening in the current outbreak of double-digit inflation and in bringing inflation down. Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Quantitative Tightening HC 219 7 Feb 2024 22 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
18 Conclusion Fifth Report - Quantitative Tightening Not Addressed

Committee does not support cutting remuneration of Bank reserves due to financial stability concerns

We have received proposals for interventions that would cut the remuneration of bank reserves and thereby reduce the ongoing losses arising from QE and QT. However, we have also received evidence that cutting remuneration now could be similar to a default, and that any scheme tied to commercial banks’ holdings …

Government response. The government discusses the cashflows between HM Treasury and the APF, highlighting the transparency of the Bank's reporting and the wider economic impacts of QE and QT. The response does not directly address the committee's conclusion that it does not …
HM Treasury

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Jan 2024 From cttee Letter to Bank of England relating to Cashflows arising from quantitative easin…
12 Jan 2024 From cttee Letter to HM Treasury, Permanent Secretary relating to Cashflows arising from q…
12 Jan 2024 To cttee Letter from Bank of England relating to Cashflows arising from quantitative eas…
12 Jan 2024 To cttee Letter from HM Treasury, Permanent Secretary relating to Cashflows arising from…
21 Mar 2023 Correspondence from the Bank of England relating to the inquiry into Quantitati…