Bank was slow to see nature of crisis - ex-minister

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England led by Mervyn King was slow to grasp the nature of the financial crisis in 2007, so much so that then-chancellor Alistair Darling wanted to force it to take action, he writes in a book due to be released next week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17f5bd97/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Bank+was+slow+to+see+nature+of+crisis+-+ex-minister&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F04%2Fuk-britain-boe-king-idUKTRE7821AW20110904%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Bank+was+slow+to+see+nature+of+crisis+-+ex-minister&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F04%2Fuk-britain-boe-king-idUKTRE7821AW20110904%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111974123390/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17f5bd97/kg/221-253-264/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111974123390/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17f5bd97/kg/221-253-264/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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