The Bank of England's profits across 300 years: wars, financial crises and distribution

Mike Anson and Forrest Capie

Financial History Review, 2022, vol. 29, issue 1, 98-119

Abstract: We have produced a series on the Bank of England's profits from its foundation in 1694 to the present time. This has not been available before. We explain the path of these profits over more than 300 years and account for their changing pattern. We next examine from where the profits derived, first in ‘normal times’, and then seeking, in particular, the impact of wars and financial crises. Other questions are: how much derived from seignorage; to what extent were profits passively acquired? Finally, we examine what the distribution regime was, and if, and how, that changed. This becomes more interesting in the period after nationalisation with some surprising results.

Date: 2022
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