Bank Underground - 2018 Christmas Quiz

Q1. (Central Bank Communications) Which central banker broke new sartorial ground in December 2014 by donning a Christmas Jumper to announce an interest rate cut?

Q2. (Economic History) Most historians place the birth of Jesus at a just a few years before 1 AD. According to the Maddison dataset, what was world GDP per capita (in 1990 PPP-adjusted US dollars) at the time?

Q3. (Agricultural economics) Which is the largest producer of cranberries in the European Union?

Q4. (Labour economics) In Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic “A Christmas Carol”, Scrooge pays Bob Cratchit a salary of 15 shillings a week. How much does that equate to at today’s prices?

Q5. (International Finance) What currency is dispensed by the cash machine farthest away from Santa’s home at the North Pole?

Q6. (Monetary Policy) The Bank of England has only ever changed its policy rate on Christmas Eve once in its entire history. When was it and why?

Q7. (International economics) Euro notes and coins appeared for the first time on New Year’s day 2002. How many EU states were members of the single currency on that day?

Q8. (Microeconomics) Which was the last Christmas in which Brussels sprouts were included in the basket of goods used for calculating UK inflation?

Q9. (Prudential Regulation) In which classic Christmas film does a bank run occur?

Q10. (Notes) Mary and the baby Jesus feature on the banknotes of which country?