Mervyn King faced tough questioning by the Treasury Committee last week on a couple of issues - and fought back hard. The Governor strongly resisted suggestions that the Bank of England should follow the ECB in conducting its own long-term refinancing operation or undertake other measures directly to support lending to SMEs.
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