Correspondence

Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee: 2014

Letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Governor of the Bank of England providing the remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) for 2014.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee

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The FPC acts as the UK’s macroprudential authority. It is tasked with ensuring that emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.

The Bank of England Act 1998 (as amended by the Financial Services Act 2012) requires the government to provide the FPC with a written remit and recommendations at least once a year.

The remit specifies the government’s economic policy and provides guidance to the FPC on its objectives and functions.

The FPC is required to respond to the government, setting out any action it has taken or intends to take in response to a specific recommendation and, if appropriate, any reasons why it does not intend to act on a recommendation.

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Published 19 March 2014

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