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Carney Defying Brexit Critics Sees U.K. in Early 1990s Quandary

  • Bank of England governor says ‘we have a duty to explain’
  • Carney made ‘dangerous’ comments, Energy Minister Leadsom says

Mark Carney

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Mark Carney defended the Bank of England against critics furious at his warnings about the dangers posed by a European Union exit, and described the British economy as facing similar uncertainty to the early 1990s.

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