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Will throwing money at the banks help?

The measures announced at Thursday’s Mansion House dinner are a bold attempt to get credit flowing through the economy again. Most crucially, by linking the provision of cheap funds to new lending, they reduce the chances that banks will just sit on any cash they receive.

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