Brexit was a key point of discussion during the meeting of policymakers. Carney earlier this week told Bloomberg News that the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union “takes 50 percent of my time now.”
At the press conference on Thursday, Carney said that Brexit talks were entering a “critical period” as U.K. and European negotiators edge toward an agreement on the future relationship between the two. Talks are expected to conclude in agreement by October, and the U.K.’s withdrawal from the bloc is slated to begin on March 29, 2019 — however, that exit comes with the caveat of a “transition period,” during which EU rules will continue to apply until the end of 2020.
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