Carney - Pound options volatility increased by Brexit vote

Bank of England’s Carney, during his speech on Brexit issue, said volatility in the Pound options has increased ahead of Brexit vote.

Carney added, “a host of asset prices would be affected if UK voted to leave EU”.

When asked about BOE’s extra liquidity operations, Carney said they are “entirely precautionary, these operations are additional to the regular ILTR operations which will continue to take place once a month.”