‘It’s pretty bad’: Bank of England top official on the lack of female economics students

Deputy governor Clare Lombardelli calls for more women and people from poorer backgrounds to take key subject

Economics has an image problem, says Clare Lombardelli, a deputy governor at the Bank of England.

With few children from poorer backgrounds studying the subject and only a small proportion of women pursuing it to undergraduate level, the profession is heavily weighted towards men from well-to-do backgrounds.