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Carney predicts £16bn bounce from Chequers Brexit deal
Carney's endorsement of prime minister's blueprint caps good week for May as she prepares to travel to EU summit in Salzburg, the FT writes
Mark Carney, Bank of England (BoE) governor, has told Theresa May's Cabinet that the economy could expect a £16 billion (€18 billion) bounce if the prime minister negotiates a Brexit deal based on her Chequers compromise plan.
The latest detail to emerge from Carney's Cabinet presentation last week will further enrage Eurosceptics; Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg accused the governor of "imitating a screaming banshee".
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