Economy needs transfusion of the ‘be positive’ type

Cash injection: Some believe that the Bank of England’s provision of a £50 billion credit facility for UK banks to help kickstart the stalled lending market was nowhere near enough. A figure closer to £200 billion, so the thinking goes, is needed to get the economy going and unblock the flow of money which lubricates the economy

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