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High street banks increase consumer credit and approve more new home loans as Funding for Lending scheme gains traction.

Founder of the world's biggest bond fund rounds on "essentially costless" money-printing in his monthly Investment Outlook column.

Funding For Lending scheme is increasingly seen as the BoE's most important tool as impact of Quantitative Easing wanes

Nationwide House Price Index reports 1 percent fall in price of typical UK home across 2012.

According to Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker, sentiments remain strongest since April 2011.

Bob Diamond is biggest to leave post but 2012 had fair share of top-flight resignations.

Mark Carney will earn £874,000 a year on Threadneedle Street in the City of London.

Minutes from latest Bank of England MPC meeting also shows policymakers think inflation will be above target for most of 2013.

George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has often of late made reference to the fact that the Coalition Government has already reduced the country's Budget Deficit by a quarter since coming to power. Concentrating on Deficit reduction has not been politically comfortable for the Government with the opposition Labour Party being usually ahead in the opinion polls since late November 2010 - it didn't take long - and a ComRes survey for The Independent at the end of October...

With raft of disappointing economic data hanging over the fourth quarter, IBTimes UK looks at possibilty of a triple-dip recession.

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee 'ultimate test' is gilt market with UK's top rating at risk after autumn statement.

Despite decline, optimism on housing market rises.

US and UK regulators focus on ramping up capital while Basel leaders tussle over reduction of capital requirements.

Thinktank's monthly GDP reading shows stagnant UK economy and adds to concern country facing triple-dip recession.

ONS figures show industrial production falling with other data pointing to a renewed decline.

The UK's November shop price inflation remains at 1.5 percent while food prices rise to 4.6 percent.

Bank of England's credit easing effort lifts bank lending in first two months of scheme.

Misleading balance sheets may not reflect true valuation resulting in insufficient capital buffers, reports Bank of England Financial Policy Committee.

Number of employed people wanting more hours at work shoots up 47.3 percent says Office for National Statistics.

ONS's second estimate of UK GDP data for Q3 reiterates original headline figure.

The Canadian central banker and former Goldman dealer has one of the few untarnished reputations in global finance.