Hints on further quantitative easing ...
Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean has hinted at a conference of central bankers that further quantitative easing may be required to sustain economic recovery.
Mr Bean told delegates at the US Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that policymakers had prevented a financial market collapse but further action might be required.
At the same event, US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke set out "unconventional" policy options to boost the US economy.
Presenting a report to the conference on Saturday, Mr Bean said: "The deleveraging process is incomplete, the recovery remains fragile and a considerable margin of spare capacity is yet to be worked off.
"Further policy action may yet be necessary to keep the recovery on track."
