July 2 (Reuters) - Bank of England's new Chief EconomistAndy Haldane is creating a unit internally to crunch data andimprove economic analysis, Bloomberg reported.
Paul Robinson, the former head of foreign-exchange researchat Barclays Plc, has also joined the bank as the headof advanced analytics and will run the team, Bloomberg reported.(http://bloom.bg/1iSWBjo)
The move is part of several steps initiated by BoE GovernorMark Carney to restructure the bank's operations, after it facedgrowing criticism of its response to possible manipulation offoreign exchange rates.
Bank of England's press office declined to comment on thereport. (Reporting by Ankush Sharma and Karen Rebelo in Bangalore)