Sir Mervyn King yesterday said a gentle economic recovery was beginning but signalled low interest rates were set to stay in place for some time.
Speaking at a CBI Northern Ireland dinner in Belfast, the Bank of England governor also suggested that Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland could be back in private hands within a relatively short period.
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