- Kate Barker
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name = Kate Barker
honorific-suffix =CBE
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office2 = Member of theMonetary Policy Committee
term_start2 =June 2001
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governor2 = Sir Edward George (2001-2003),Mervyn King (2003-present)
birth_date = 1957
alma_mater =St Hilda's College, Oxford
profession = EconomistKate Barker CBE is a British
economist . She was born in 1957 and grew up inStoke-on-Trent .Barker received a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at
St Hilda's College, Oxford in 1979 and worked for a large pension fund in London. She was a Research Officer at theNational Institute of Economic and Social Research (1981-1985) and was then the Chief European Economist at theFord Motor Company in Brentwood (1985-1994). From 1994-2001 she was Chief Economic Adviser at the CBI. She was also a member of theHM Treasury 's Panel of Independent Economic Advisers 1996-97; and a non-executive Director of theYorkshire Building Society (1999-April 2001).Kate Barker was appointed as an external member of the
Monetary Policy Committee of theBank of England with effect from 1 June 2001. The MPC is responsible for setting interest rates to meet the Government's inflation target. She is the first external MPC member to have been appointed for three terms, the latest of which ends on May 31, 2010.She was appointed by the Government in April 2003 to conduct an independent Review of UK Housing Supply; leading to a final report in March 2004. The Government’s full response to this review was published in December 2005. In October 2005 she was appointed a Board Member of the
Housing Corporation . In December 2005, she was asked to conduct an independent Review of Land Use Planning, and she reported on 5 December 2006.She was awarded a
CBE for Services to Social Housing in 2006.External links
* [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/people/biographies/barker.htm Biography from Bank of England]
* [http://www.fmwf.com/foruminterview.php?id=1001&cat=18 Interview about her career]
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