Bank lending scheme targets smaller businesses

A £20bn government scheme to try to boost bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been launched by the chancellor.

"Negative outlook" for Britain's credit rating!

The Fitch credit ratings agency has joined Moody's and put the UK's top AAA rating on "negative outlook".

Easiest Credit Worldwide Shows No Signs of Abating as Fear Index Plummets!

Central bankers are taking a break rather than hitting the brake.

Even as they pause campaigns to spur economic growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and counterparts at the Bank of England and Bank of Japan aren’t taking signs of recovery for granted. That’s a shift from 2011, when some greeted an improving outlook by considering or embracing tighter monetary policy, only to see expansion fade.