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Britain faces 'slow1 economic recovery: Bank of England
AFP, London
Britain's recession-hit economy likely faces a 'slow' recovery, Bank of England head Mervyn King said on Wednesday after die BoE said the outlook for British growth and inflation is "unusually uncertain."
"The economy will eventually heal, but the process may be slow," Governor King told reporters after die Bank of England published its latest quarterly forecasts.
"There are pretty solid reasons for supposing that there will be a recovery next year, but also pretty solid reasons for questioning if that will be sustained," he added.
The Bank of England said in its report that "the prospects for economic growth remain unusually uncertain, reflecting die exceptional economic and financial factors affecting the oudook."
It also suggested that the British economy would return to growth early next year.
The British pound slumped against the euro and dollar following the report as dealers said die outlook indicated that Britain would not see a rise in interest rates any time soon.
"The Bank of England are not buying the 'it's all over' mood (for the global recession) that seems to be sweeping over investors and market pundits," said ING Financial Markets economist Rob Carnell.
US officials knew of AIG bonuses before controversy
AFP, Washington
US federal officials were aware of controversial bonuses paid by taxpayer-bailed out insurance giant AIG months before they sparked a firestorm, The Washington Post reportedWednesday.
Documents, the Post said, showed that senior officials at die Federal Reserve Bank of New York obtained details about the bonuses "more than five months" before the controversy.
The New York Fed became aware of the matter by September 29, itsaid.
The officials were also "deeply engaged" with American International Group, as well as outside lawyers, auditors and public relations firms about possible public outrage at the program.
But Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who headed the New York Fed when it became aware of the bonus details, was not among the officials cited in the documents, the newspaper said.
Fed officials in New York, it said, sent details in early February' about the bonuses to the Federal Reserve in Washington "to prepare Chairman Ben Bernanke in case he was asked about the payments at a congressional hearing."
Russia cuts interest rates for 2nd time in month
AFP, Moscow
Russia's central bank announced a half-percent cut in main interest rates on Wednesday, its second reduction in less than a month aimed at stimulating the crisis-hit economy as the ruble stabilises.
The bank's board of directors decided to cut the key refinancing rate, effective onThursday, to 12 percent from 12.5 percent, the central bank said in a statement published on its website.
Russia at the end of April cut the refinancing rate to 12.5 percent from 13 percent in its first interest rate cut since 2007. In November, it had hiked interest rates one percent to protect the ruble.
Earlier this year, the ruble came under sustained pressure on the markets, forcing the central bank to shell out tens of billions of dollars in foreign currency interventions to prop up the currency.
But the pressure has receded since the government implemented a controlled devaluation of the currency to help the economy cope with the global crisis.
Kuwait cuts discount rateto3pc
AFP, Kuwait City
The Central Bank of Kuwait on Wednesday cut its discount rate by 50 basis points to 3.00 percent, its second reduction in a month, the official KUNA news agency reported.
The central bank said the reduction -- the fifth since October - - will be effective as ofThursday.
Central bank governor Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz al Sabah said the latest cut came to "help boost growth in non-oil sectors of the domestic economy by reducing tire cost of lending after indications that inflationary pres sures have declined."
He added the measure "is another step in central bank efforts to strengthen confidence in national economy by stimulating demand and eventually boosting non-oil growth."
The decision was also taken after an increase in liquidity levels at local banks, the governor said.