Carney ready to serve full eight-year term as BoE governor - reports

Carney (pictured) is expected to make a public announcement about his plans this week and is said to be "leaning strongly" towards staying in his role, the Financial Times reports. The governor took up his position in 2013, with an initial commitment to serve a five-year term and the option to extend it by a further three years. However, there have been speculations he would be stepping down from his role in 2018, rather than in 2021 as expected. Yet the paper reports the governor wants to help navigate the UK economy through the expected difficulties once Article 50 is triggered i...