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Bailey Admits BOE Chief Economist Was Wrong to Warn of Poorer UK

Andrew Bailey

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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey admitted his chief economist was wrong to make controversial comments suggesting that Britons must accept they are worse off.

Bailey said the UK cannot escape the economics of a “very big hit to national income” after the central bank’s Chief Economist Huw Pill was criticized and made the front pages of newspapers for the remarks.