By Rebecca English Royal Correspondent 19:21 GMT 07 Dec 2016, updated 22:23 GMT 07 Dec 2016
Prince Charles looked thoroughly impressed by the vastness of the vault
This is the prince's first visit back to the Bank since 2002
Each bar weighs around 13kg and is worth £366,501 at today's price
The aim of the visit was to 'recognise and celebrate the Bank's mission to promote the good of the people of the UK
As jokes go it probably wasn't the most tactful, but at least it tickled Prince Charles.
On a royal visit to the Bank of England today, Governor Mark Carney told the heir to throne as he sat down with a group of deputies in his historic office for a private briefing: 'A tremendous amount of mistakes have been made at this table!'
The prince's tour came at the personal invitation of Mr Carney, who visited him at Clarence House in February.
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The aim of the visit was, ostensibly, to 'recognise and celebrate the Bank's mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability'.
During his tour of the building Charles was given a private viewing of more than £100 billion worth of gold.
The underground vault at the bank contains around 400,000 gold bars, each weighing around 13kg and worth £366,501 at today's price.
Prince Charles visits Mark Carney at The Bank of England
A group of schoolchildren from Virginia Primary School in Tower Hamlets, East London, were attempting to lift one of the bars on display.
Charles asked them: 'So, are you going to have to write an essay about this?'
Before he left the Prince went into his private briefing from bank staff on issues including house price inflation, cyber security and the system used by the Bank of England for settling high-value payments in real time.
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而川普與眾議院金融委員會主席 Jeb Hensarling,不僅僅在 Fed 的權力限縮問題上,有著顯著共識,對於歐巴馬政府施加予華爾街的監管法規,雙方亦是有著極大共鳴。
Jeb Hensarling 此前曾在眾議院上多次表態,支持廢除限縮華爾街業務的「陶德法案 (Dodd- Frank Act)」,這點也是與川普欲廢除陶德法案、放寬華爾街監管的政策意向,不謀而合。
此前川普在競選過程時即曾一再表態,陶德法案嚴重的打擊到金融業的生存,使得金融業不得已進行了一波又一波的裁員大潮,而川普的權力移交團隊,也已在未來的川普新政框架上,明言表示將在未來對陶德法案,作出全盤檢討。
而對於廢除陶德法案之後,華爾街是否可能再度脫韁,使美國在未來重演 2008 年金融海嘯的危機?
Jeb Hensarling 對此指出,在共和黨贏得本次的總統大選、參眾兩院大選之後,他會繼續致力推行廢除「陶德法案」,而陶德法案改以「金融選擇法案 (Financial CHOICE Act)」,來作替代。
註:陶德法案 (Dodd- Frank Act) 全名為《陶德、法蘭克華爾街改革與消費者保護法案》,是美國政府針對 2007 年次貸危機爆發之後,針對華爾街金融機構衍生的金融改革措施。