what is Bitcoin worth as a medium of exchange? – Bank Underground
May 30, 2026John Lewis The recent near halving of Bitcoin’s price has reignited debate about its true value. As a store of...
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Financial markets point to very data-dependent monetary policy – Bank Underground
May 24, 2026Nades Raviraj and Danny Walker Big and uncertain shocks have pushed UK inflation above the 2% inflation target over the...
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Agentic commerce and the battleground for new payments infrastructure – Bank Underground
May 22, 2026Prem Munday Agentic commerce, where artificial intelligence (AI) systems act on behalf of users to find products, negotiate purchases, and...
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Climate change increases bilateral trade costs (through its impact on maritime shipping) – Bank Underground
May 19, 2026Maximilian Huppertz It is well established that climate change affects productivity, but its effects on trade costs have not been...
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housing and inflation expectations – Bank Underground
May 16, 2026Vedanta Dhamija, Ricardo Nunes and Roshni Tara Inflation has been widely discussed in recent years, from supermarket aisles to newspapers. But...
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Opening the floodgates? Modelling spillovers from flood insurance protection gaps to UK mortgages – Bank Underground
May 6, 2026Will Banks and Kemal Erçevik When extreme weather hits, households typically turn to insurers to cushion the financial blow. But...
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Money talks, broadly speaking – Bank Underground
May 2, 2026Aaron Clements-Partridge and Ryland Thomas Broad money aggregates failed policymakers when used as an intermediate target in the 1980s, but...
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why payment choice matters for disabled people – Bank Underground
Apr 24, 2026Lily Smith Research on payment preferences in the UK has rarely explored how preferences and experiences vary by disability type,...
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why expectations matter for inflation – Bank Underground
Apr 20, 2026Boromeus Wanengkirtyo, Ivan Yotzov and Mishel Ghassibe Can tomorrow’s costs affect firm prices today? When a temporary tariff schedule on...
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What machines taking over pricing means for central banks – Bank Underground
Apr 18, 2026Anthony Savagar, Misa Tanaka and Jagdish Tripathy With increased availability of big data and computing power, more firms are adopting...
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