Week in pictures

Monday: A man walks past a Citibank branch in Tokyo on the day that the US government agreed to inject $20bn into the struggling Citigroup Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Monday: Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a cabinet meeting on the morning of the pre-budget report Photograph: Carl Court/PA

Monday: Barclays chairman Marcus Agius faced angry shareholders at London's Excel centre. They have criticised the bank for turning to Middle Eastern investors rather than taking advantage of the government's bail-out cash Photograph: Gary Calton/Guardian

Alistair Darling's pre-budget report –was criticised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies for not doing enough to help get the public finances back on an even keel Photograph: STR/EPA

Monday:The FTSE 100 recorded its biggest one day percentage gain Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Tuesday: Alistair Darling's claim to have clamped down on executive bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland came under challenge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Tuesday: US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson arrives at a press conference to announce an extra $800bn in bail-out funds Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Wednesday: The planned merger between mining groups BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto was scrapped Photograph: Colin Murty/AFP

Wednesday: Shares in Woolworths were suspended as last-ditch talks with its bankers to save the company took place. However, by he end of the day, Woolworths was in administration Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Wednesday: Furniture and kitchens specialist MFI collapsed into administration, with about 1,200 jobs at risk Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Wednesday: Lord Mandelson threatened to launch an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading if credit card companies did not treat their customers fairly during the economic downturn Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Thursday: Curry's, PC World and B&Q became the latest high street names to confirm the dramatic slump in consumer spending Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Thursday: Peter Kurer, the chairman of Swiss bank UBS, revealed it had uncovered cases of tax fraud Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

Thursday: E.ON UK became the latest of the big six energy companies to signal lower prices were on the way Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian