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Threadneedle Street

British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Reuters Mar. 23, 2023

Now it's time for the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street to enter stage right and do her routine for the cameras.

From Reuters Nov. 3, 2022

Against a backdrop of soaring energy prices and severe shortages of workers and materials, Threadneedle Street said inflationary pressures were rising as the pace of economic recovery from the pandemic slows.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2021

The Bank is flying the rainbow flag above its Threadneedle Street building in London as a result.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2021

In 1841 two pavements were dug up under the French Protestant Church in Threadneedle Street.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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