Category Archives: Bank of England

How to speculate according to the ‘merchant principle’

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

Price data for financial instruments and commodities was relatively easy to access during the eighteenth century. We know that price lists, such as Castaing’s Course of the Exchange, were regarded as valuable, that they were kept and that they were … Continue reading →

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Hard working bankers helped create the tyranny of the clock

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

Are you working against the clock? Struggling to make that next deadline? Operating in an environment of presenteeism where time at your desk counts for more than your actual productivity? In a recent Radio 4 programme, Emma Griffin blamed industrialisation … Continue reading →

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Christmas and New Year bonuses for eighteenth-century bankers

Posted on December 31, 2016 by

A report produced by the Bank of England over the year from March 1783 to March 1784 shows that gift-giving at Christmas and New Year was regularly observed by customers and the Bank also gave gifts to valued connections. Eighteenth-century … Continue reading →

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