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Too soon to call time on Abenomics
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New figures suggest that the Japanese prime minister's economic strategy may yet work.
19 June 2013
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Lloyds to return to private hands
George Osborne uses his Mansion House speech to the City to announce the government is preparing to sell its Lloyds Bank stake back to private investors.
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Fed 'could end bond-buying in 2014'
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85bn-a-month (£54bn) asset purchase programme, but says it could begin scaling back later this year and ending it completely in 2014.
Jail reckless bankers, report urges
Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report.
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