King takes firm line on QE, direct lending

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Although small and medium enterprises are facing an uphill struggle in obtaining funds, help from the Bank of England in the form of further quantitative easing (QE) would not be an appropriate solution, Mervyn King, the governor of the central bank, said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Inflation Report press conference at Threadneedle Street, King said: "It is not sensible for us to get engaged in making judgments about which sectors of the economy to extend credit to- judgments which are

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