19 June 2013 Last updated at 19:39 ET

Lloyds to return to private handsChancellor George Osbourne

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.


Ben BernankeFed '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.

Canary Wharf banking protest Jail reckless bankers, report urges

Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report.

Stephanie Flanders, Economics editor Article written by Stephanie Flanders Stephanie Flanders Economics editor

Too soon to call time on Abenomics

New figures suggest that the Japanese prime minister's economic strategy may yet work.

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