WITH Greece teetering on the brink of exiting the euro area, the timing of the Bank of England’s twice-yearly update on financial stability was not ideal. As of two weeks ago, the outlook in the report was broadly unchanged, said Mark Carney, the bank’s governor. But given the Greek crisis—and especially the events of this week—things are now looking worse.
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