Carney Speech: Brexit uncertainty is affecting UK wage bargaining

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), is responding to questions from the press, with key headlines, via Reuters, found below:

• There has been no discussion of raising rates by increments of less than 0.25 percentage points
• Brexit uncertainty is affecting UK wage bargaining
• We did not give any signal on timing of rate hikes

Key notes:

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About Mark Carney 

Mark Carney is Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and the Board of the Prudential Regulation Authority. His appointment as Governor was approved by Her Majesty the Queen on 26 November 2012. The Governor joined the Bank on 1 July 2013.