That letter: Mark Carney writes to the chancellor
Exclusive: as inflation drops to 0.5 per cent, we reveal the contents of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s explanatory letter to the chancellor (as imagined by Paul Mason).
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Exclusive: as inflation drops to 0.5 per cent, we reveal the contents of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s explanatory letter to the chancellor (as imagined by Paul Mason).
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