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<description>In its annual report on Britain’s economy the fund chooses not to repeat a suggestion that the country should consider adjusting its original plan</description>
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<description>UK’s largest retail bank has not disclosed the size of the funding gap it has been asked to fill by the Prudential Regulation Authority</description>
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<description>The head of Switzerland’s central bank says the country could impose negative interest rates and did not rule out more extreme measures</description>
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<description>Rioting in Sweden’s capital spreads to as many as a dozen suburbs as a third night of unrest reopens debate about integration</description>
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<description>Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has dedicated a heavy-metal video he has made satirising the power of state authorities to dissidents everywhere</description>
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