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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks from the front door of number 10 to deliver a speech in Downing Street, London, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, ahead of the formal start of the General Election. Britain's five-week election campaign officially began Wednesday, when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the Dec. 12 vote. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Bank of England constrained by Brexit and general election

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney and artist Tracey Emin pose together to unveil the new 20 pound bank note, featuring a portrait of the English artist JMW Turner, at the Turner Gallery in London, Thursday Oct. 10, 2019. The new polymer twenty pound note which contains sophisticated security features, will be issued into general circulation early 2020. (Leon Neal/PA via AP)

UK looks set to avoid recession in the run-up to Brexit date

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Anti Brexit protesters demonstrate through the streets as part of the Reject Brexit-Defend Our Democracy protest, in Manchester, England, Sunday Sept. 29, 2019. The ruling Conservative Party is committed to Britain's Brexit split from the European Union to leave on the scheduled date of Oct. 31, as they hold the annual party conference in Manchester. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

UK central bank: financial sector ready for no-deal Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash from furious lawmakers Thursday over his use of charged and confrontational language in Parliament about opponents of his Brexit plan. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK rate-setter hints at cut even if no-deal Brexit avoided

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Pro and anti-Brexit supporters hold signs and flags while demonstrating outside the Parliament in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Supreme Court ruling clear, but Brexit future still murky

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

A woman checks stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with Tokyo and Sydney logging modest gains after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year, citing slowing global economic growth and uncertainty over U.S. trade conflicts. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

World shares mixed following Fed’s decision to cut rates

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Military Service Chiefs at Downing Street in London, Thursday Sept. 19, 2019. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)

Bank of England holds rates as it awaits Brexit clarity

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of teh Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to the National Grid Training Centre in Newark, England, as the UK announced its GDP second quarter figures, Friday Aug. 9, 2019. Britain's Office for National Statistics released figures showing the British economy shrank in the second quarter of 2019, as Brexit uncertainties weighed on business investment. ( Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

UK wages rising at fastest pace in 11 years

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney speaks during the Bank of England interest rate decision and inflation report press conference at the Bank of England in London, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Brexit uncertainties are becoming &quot;more entrenched&quot; and increasingly weighing on the British economy less than three months before the country is scheduled to leave the European Union, the Bank of England said Thursday.(Chris J Ratcliffe/Pool Photo via AP)

Bank of England says Brexit uncertainties ‘more entrenched’

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, poses for a photo with the artwork for the concept of the new 50-pound notes, after announcing that Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been selected to feature on the new notes, at the Science and Industry Museum, in Manchester, England, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Alan Turing, codebreaker, to be the face of new British banknote

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FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Bank of England chief dismisses Johnson’s Brexit trade claim

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

UK inflation fall eases prospect of imminent rate hike

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

The skyline is seen through the rain and mist in London, Monday June 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK labor market strong despite Brexit uncertainties

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

UK inflation back above official target as energy costs rise

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney speaks during a news conference at the Bank of England in London, Thursday Feb. 7, 2019. The Bank of England said that Brexit uncertainties and a weaker global economy overall, mean that British growth in 2019 is likely to be 1.2 percent, and they will keep its main interest rate at 0.75 percent. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

U.K. central bank holds rates as it assesses Brexit delay

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European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi, right speaks with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney as they attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) conference, at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

UK begins search for new Bank of England governor

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 12, 2019 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in parliament, London. According to a UK lawmaker Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has told the Conservative Party that she will quit once Brexit is delivered but hasn't set a date yet. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP, File)

Brexit claims another political victim in UK’s Theresa May

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

UK firms step up preparations for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

UK inflation edges higher as Bank of England meets on rates

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