Meanings
- A street in London, running from Poultry and Lombard Street to Bishopsgate; the site of the Bank of England.
- UKbankingThe Bank of England.
Monetary policy may not be perfect, but it has been far better handled since the responsibility for it moved from 11 Downing Street to Threadneedle Street.
2007 December 11, Patrick Hosking, “Gieve’s head will not be enough to appease critics”, in The Times2 more examples
George, known as Steady Eddie during his 10 years in charge at Threadneedle Street, said critics who attacked the Financial Services Authority were also wide of the mark.
2008 March 6, “Eddie George defends role of FSA in Northern Rock crisis”, in The GuardianThe Bank of England cut 0.25 per cent at each meeting - the same decision, spread over two months. Strip out that and Frankfurt and Threadneedle Street have been running the same policy for a year and a half.
2002 November 10, Faisal Islam, “Doing the Continental”, in The Observer
Origin
Corruption of "three needle", from the arms of the Needle-makers' Company. Influenced by threading a needle.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 針線街 /针线街
- 針線街 /针线街 (Zhēnxiàn Jiē)street in London
German Dreinadelstraße
- Dreinadelstraßestreet in London
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Threadneedle Street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Threadneedle%20Street
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