Questions over UK’s post-Brexit trade deal

Still unclear: A pedestrian walking through the Bank district in London amid uncertainty over whether the UK will get a post-Brexit trade deal. — Bloomberg

LONDON: Bank of England (BoE) policy makers made their final scheduled decision of the year as uncertain as ever whether the UK will get a post-Brexit trade deal.

With the path of the latest pandemic lockdowns also unclear, it means governor Andrew Bailey and his colleagues are likely to keep policy unchanged for now, but stand ready to react swiftly should the economic outlook deteriorate.