New Bank of England chief warns UK still 'in crisis'

Mark Carney says US is forging ahead of Britain, Japan and eurozone

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WHAT DOES Mark Carney, the Canadian picked to run the Bank of England, think of the UK's economy? According to the Daily Telegraph, not much. Speaking at a fringe event at the International Monetary Fund's spring conference in Washington yesterday, Carney said Britain was still in "crisis", adding: "The US is breaking out of the pack of crisis economies that include the eurozone, the UK and Japan."

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