RBS: Economic recovery will begin in 2011

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RBS: Economic recovery will begin in 2011

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said that it does not expect the UK economy to start recovering until 2011.

This is despite the banking group's positive financial results last week. RBS posted profits of £15 million, despite £7.5 billion of write-downs within the first six months of 2009.

Chief executive of the bank Stephen Hester said that the road to recovery will involve a "marathon" rather than a "sprint".

"There will be a couple of years at least of heavy lifting, both for the world economy and for RBS […] the journey will be an arduous one," he stated.

RBS is 70 per cent owned by the taxpayer following a £20 billion bailout.

Last week, the bank sold a substantial portion of its Asian assets to Australian banking group ANZ - including those it holds in countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Taiwan.

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