The last thing you want when you're planning to visit the loo, and one in a novel setting with different skill levels, is thepressureof knowing people are waiting on the other side ofthe door, wanting to know how it went.
The former City minister, Lord Myners, has denied he or his Treasury colleagues put any pressure on the Bank of England over thesettingofthe Libor rate.
The Russian authorities have attempted to squirrel away some of their petrodollars, and avert upward pressure on the rouble, by setting up a stabilisation fund to capture extra revenues.