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High Street Banks Ask for Extra Cash
?Mr King was also initially reluctant to sanction large-scale injections of cash into the UK 's money markets when funds dried up after the Northern Rock crisis. By contrast, bankers pointed out yesterday, both the Fed and the European Central Bank have pumped huge sums into their money markets to help US and European banks through the worst of the credit crisis.?
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