Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability Newsflash: Britain’s economy has been more productive since Tony Blair’s first election win than previously thought. A new measure of measuring productivity, just released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that annual productivity growth since 1997 has been stronger than it had estimated in the past. Continue reading...