Lending commitments may not be big enough

The next stage of the Government’s support for the banking system got underway today, with the release of further details on the Government’s guarantee of bank losses on toxic assets. However, this does not in a stroke clean up banks’ balance sheets. What’s more, the lending commitments made by the banks in return for the help may not be big enough to generate a recovery in the wider economy.

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