But the growth wasn't equally spread, according to an analysis of bank regulatory filings by FTN Financial.

WSJ: HEARD ON THE STREET: Banking Whales Leave Minnows Behind

So, for example, up to 8% of all those with mortgages in Britain are enjoying a holiday on payments, or have changed to paying interest only, or are enjoying some other relaxation of normal lending conditions, according to an analysis by the Financial Services Authority for the Bank of England.

BBC: Business

The Center for Security Policy is concerned that the IMF and World Bank are being pressured into departing from their traditional, rigorous economic and financial analysis in order to produce, in response to the Houston summit's mandate, results like those of the EC study.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

In one of the only long television interviews that he has given since becoming governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King told me the financial crisis had helped him get a keener understanding of Keynes' analysis of the 1930s.

BBC: Masters of money: John Maynard Keynes