That system led to the discovery that most lead time was being dissipated as parts sat idle on a dock somewhere.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In effect, these efforts had diluted the effect of quantitative easing, by increasing the chance that the extra cash the Bank had injected into the system would sit idle on bank balance sheets instead of being re-lent.

BBC: The Bank's push to ease credit

Although Mr Powell's upbringing was on upper class lines, he never had the prospect of being one of the idle rich.

ECONOMIST: Anthony Powell