Britain to give banks $200 billion to kick-start economy

Robert Winnett
London Telegraph
June 15, 2012

The Bank of England is to offer money to high-street banks to kick-start mortgage and small business lending to prevent loans being rationed for many families and entrepreneurs, the Chancellor announced.

It comes after sharp rises in the costs of mortgages and other loans in recent months as banks struggle to raise money in the midst of the single currency crisis.

Sir Mervyn King, the Bank of England Governor, said that the “industrialised world have thrown everything bar the kitchen sink” at the global economic meltdown but that even “bolder action” was now required.

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This article was posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:55 pm

Tags: economics, foreign affairs, government corruption

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