Economics / Markets

Our round-up of Chancellor George Osborne's key economic announcements from today's Autumn Statement.

George Osborne's Autumn Statement today has revealed a further increase to the levy on bank borrowing in the UK while he ruled out plans for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT).

Chancellor George Osborne has said he will expand credit lending facilities for small businesses which he expects will cut their borrowing costs by 1%.

The Office for Budget Responsibility has revised public sector net borrowing forecasts even as Chancellor George Osborne proclaims the effect of falling gilt yields.

Chancellor George Osborne has slashed his growth forecast for the next few years but says the UK is unlikely to slide into recession.

LIVE FROM 12.30pm: Keep up to date with all the key points coming out of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement as they happen.

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Bank of England governor Mervyn King has accepted UK economic growth will be flat over the next six months and has given a stark warning about potential shocks from the eurozone.

The Federal Reserve gave out $1.2trn in loans to US banks secretly in 2008, Federal documents have revealed.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to claim today he has saved the taxpayer £21.5bn in debt interest payments.