The Bank of England kept its monetary stimulus policy on hold yesterday as a key survey pointed to an accelerating pick-up in manufacturing output.

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Financial markets gave the latest GDP figures a downbeat reception, despite the official confirmation that the recovery strengthened in the second quarter of the year.

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The UK recovery will pick up pace this week as official estimates reveal the strongest advance for the economy since last summer's London Olympic Games.

The rock-star treatment of the new Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, continued this week when it was learnt that the previously split Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had become united at his first meeting. 

There is no sign yet of the improvement in the economy feeding through to the public finances as official figures showed that government borrowing in June was up slightly on the same month in 2012.

The City isn’t known for penny-pinching, but news that a mining company was taking control of spending, slashing bosses’ pay and culling the number of executives sent it to the top of the mid-tier index.

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The Co-op has launched an independent review into the events leading up to its beleaguered banking business's emergency £1.5bn cash call.