BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Old Lady Of Threadneedle Street
- the Bank of England, which is located in Threadneedle Street in the City of London
Additional Resources
- Janet lives role of a mole
- THE idea the Bank of England has "regional agents" ensconced in 12 regions around the UK conjures up all sorts of images. For example, are these people the Richard Hollises and Stella Rimingtons of the financial world? Do they wear bowler hats and carry tightly furled umbrellas? Oddly,...
- Research articles 1999-05-23
- The old Lady of Threadneedle Street: the bank of England
- CENTRE of international finance, symbol of stability, banker to the British Government and nation, custodian of the currency, guardian of the official reserves of gold and foreign currency, the Bank of England, Britain's central bank, can claim all these roles--some even from the time it was granted a Royal Charter...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- No, you can't print money, rules Bank
- THE OLD LADY of Threadneedle Street has clearly lost her sense of humour. Call it old age, or economic pressures, but the Bank of England conspicuously failed to appreciate a joke planned by one of the new breed of banks. Abbey National, formerly a building society and...
- Research articles 2001-03-24
- I did it my way.
- As the Fed goes one way, the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street heads the other. All the signs are that US interest rates have topped out, while a further rate hike looks to be on the cards in the UK before the year is out. ...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- Daily Mail, London, Alex Brummer Column.
- By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--As Gordon Brown chills out in Cape Cod where he has been keeping company with Senator Ted Kennedy he has left behind disarray and uncertainty on Threadneedle Street. ...
- Research articles 2002-08-28
