George Osborne yesterday revealed that the Government will set out its strategy �to return RBS and Lloyds to the private sector� after the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards' final report is published next month.

Ben Bernanke said the US Federal Reserve could start slowing down the pace of its asset purchases �in the next few meetings�, but only if the labour market shows sustained improvement.

Wed May 22, 2013 11:03am EDT. * Market operators had expected a 0.1 percent rise. * Sales rose by 0.7 percent in volume terms. By David Ljunggren.

Nationwide is entitled to a boast or two. The building society had a decent crisis, maintaining capital strength and even helping up to mop up a few spillages elsewhere, such as the over-extended Dunfermline Building Society.

SSE Plc (SSE) plans to reduce its share of spending on renewable energy through March 2015 in favor of increased investment in its networks business, where rates for power and gas distribution and transmission are regulated.