LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey reportedly said the third national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus will delay the economic recovery.In an online speech
Last year the City of London exported £25billion of services to the EU, making it a key market.
Sam Lowe, a trade expert at the Centre for European Reform who was previously also a member of the Government s Strategic Trade Advisory Group, has warned negotiations on financial services could create political tension in the EU-UK relationship .
He said Brussels is yet to decide on the issue of so-called equivalence - determining if the UK s rules and regulations are suitably compatible with its own that firms in London can have access to the EU market.
He wrote in a blog: The EU still needs to decide whether the UK’s financial services rule book is equivalent to its own, and if so whether to allow certain financial products to continue being sold into the EU from the UK’s territory.
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic had left Britain's econo.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that Britain's economy was facing its "darkest hour", and played down suggestions that cutting interest rates below zero would be a straightforward way to boost growth.