Opinion: Bank of England must halt gilt-buying
Ros comments ahead of MPC meeting calling on BofE not to extend its gilt buying QE programme.
Bank of England must halt its gilt-buying programme
Ros calls on Bank of England to halt its gilt buying programme and assess alternative policies which may have less damaging side effects.
Bank of England's analysis of QE is flawed – its policies are not working
Ros submitted a paper to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into the Bank of England’s distributional analysis of its policies and concludes that its analysis has failed to analyse the distributional effects properly.
Ros on the BBC Daily Politics Show
Ros was the guest on Andrew Neil’s BBC Daily Politics Show. Discussing economic growth figures, public sector pensions, women on boards and Dog of the Year!
ONS suggests QE may have damaged growth
Ros highlights the latest figures from the ONS which suggest QE may have weakened growth and hampered economic recovery.
Monetary policies have scared away the 'confidence fairy'
Letter published in Financial Times questioning whether monetary, rather than fiscal policies have dampened growth.
The Times Opinion Piece – Means-testing pensioner benefits is a step in the wrong direction
The Times published Ros’ article on why means-testing pensioner benefits is not the right way to cut costs of paying to pensioners, taxing them or increasing age-of-entitlement would not penalize savers and would not mean means-testing millions of pensioners.
Plans to use pensions to for housebuying leaves pensioners at risk
Ros wrote an opinion piece in the Yorkshire Post which explains why Nick Clegg’s proposal to use older people’s pensions to fund younger relatives’ house purchase is not a smart idea.
LSE blog – Government must be careful how policy affects pensioners
Ros wrote a blog for the London School of Economics website explaining how pensioners have been damaged by both fiscal and monetary policy – contrary to popular belief.
Guardian Comment – Don't use pensions for house deposits
Ros wrote a blog for the Guardian website responding to Nick Clegg’s suggestion that pensioner benefits should be means-tested – very unwise and penalise savers and private pensions.