Threadneedle Street

/ ˌθrɛdˈniːdəl, ˈθrɛdˌniːdəl /

noun

1. a street in the City of London famous for its banks, including the Bank of England, known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

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Speaking to reporters afterwards outside the Bank's Threadneedle Street HQ, Tice called for MPs to take a more active role in debating the policy, arguing they were reluctant to do so for fear of encroaching on the bank's independence.

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In his time at the Bank's Threadneedle Street headquarters, he oversaw considerable changes in how the Bank worked.

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Sterling had already failed to hold on to much of the boost from the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street's hawkish turn, as bond markets see the economic fallout from high rates being deleterious, and it slid further against a rising dollar on Friday.

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People can also post old notes to the bank in Threadneedle Street in the City of London, to be paid into a bank account, by cheque or, "if you live in the UK and your exchange is worth up to £300", swapped for new-style polymer ones.

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Rhetoric from Threadneedle Street and Europe's central bankers today can test those shifts.

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