The Day Today

• ECB sources tell Bloomberg they doubt the 2019 outlook even after even after yesterday’s surprise stimulus
• BOE’s Tenreyro in The Herald: “disorderly Brexit…opens the possibility of a recession”

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• Attorney Gen Cox returns from Brussels citing “real discussion” with EU counterparts
• Telegraph: Cabinet ministers believe PM May deal “will be defeated by 100 votes”

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• Talks between EU Barnier, UK Attorney Gen Cox and Brexit Sec Barclay break down without a breakthrough
• Politico: EU sources say that EU27 ambassadors have been called in for unexpected dinner meeting tonight
• BOE Carney: “path of interest rates is not firm enough,

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• PM May comes under pressure for her role as Home Sec in the surge in knife crime across the UK as 2 more die
• Attorney Gen Cox and Brexit Sec Barclay head to Brussels today to continue backstop talks
• Telegraph: two Cabinet ministers have told PM May she must whip MPs to not rule out No Deal
• Guardian: Downing St said to be considering votes on future trading relationship to get more Labour MPs on side
• France Pres Macron presents a “roadmap to European renewal” as the EU must learn from Brexit and reform
• FT: Macron’s proposed reforms include EU body to counteract cyber attacks and election manipulation,

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• UK Pro-Brexit Tory MPs outline three tests her Brexit deal must pass in return for their support
• PM May pledges to create ‘Stronger Towns’, a £1.6bn fund to invest in “places that have not always benefitted”

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