Carney plays it safe as snap UK election looms


Carney, in a BBC television interview, said he had

LONDON: Less is more appears to be the mantra among Bank of England (BoE) policy makers.

Even the usually outspoken governor Mark Carney has kept stumm. In comments so far this year, he’s broken with previous form and mostly stuck to the Monetary Policy Committee’s central view.

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