The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is an official committee of the

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, modelled on the already well established

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. It was announced in 2010 as a new body responsible for monitoring the

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. Focusing on the macro-economic and financial issues that may threaten long term growth prospects, it was expected to be officially set out in

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during 2012. Although early plans were for the interim (pre-legislation) FPC to meet in late 2010, the committee's first meeting was held in June 2011. As of March 2012, the FPC is expected to take over operational responsibility for managing the financial sector from the

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with legislation planned for 2013. Once operational, the committee, headed by the Governor of the Bank (currently Andrew Bailey), will address any risks it identifies by passing on its concerns to a new Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which will be obliged to act. Plans for the committee were set out in

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's first

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in June 2010, along with the creation of the PRA and a Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA, later renamed the

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, or FCA). Minutes of FPC meetings are made available, a move intended both "to increase transparency and to help transmit messages to the City". After legislation is passed, the FPC will be fully accountable to

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External links

Explanation of the Financial Policy Committee
on the Bank of England's website Bank of England

See also

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