Mark Carney will give evidence to the Commons Treasury committee this week and even someone who struggles to know their John Maynard Keynes from their Milton Friedman can guess what will be top of the agenda. MPs will want to know how the Bank of England plans to respond if the result of voting down the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Theresa May is that the UK leaves the EU next spring in a disorderly way. Things have moved on since Carney last held forth about Brexit at the Bank’s inflation report press conference this month. On that occasion, the governor said he was still expecting a deal but in the absence of ... (full story)