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Proposals for Reforms to the Debt Management Office’s Financing Remit

PDF · 18pp

This paper sets out proposals for changes to the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) financing remit. It places these proposals in …

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How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer

PDF · 40pp

In this chapter, we examine the existing legal, institutional and policy framework which governs the UK Exchequer and show how …

Money Creation

The self-financing state: an institutional analysis of government expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance operations in the United Kingdom

PDF · 35pp

This paper provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK Government’s expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance processes. We …

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Understanding the central bank balance sheet

Research Paper · 26pp

The central bank’s balance sheet plays a critical role in the functioning of the economy. The main liabilities of the …

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Money creation in the modern economy

PDF · 14pp

This article explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans.

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