Bank of England’s Mark Carney faces a grilling over Brexit

Mark Carney’s scope to sidestep the Brexit question is dwindling. With a referendum on Britain’s EU membership looming, the Bank of England governor has spent months trying to skirt the highly charged debate.

An appearance before lawmakers this week may throw him right in, as happened in the build-up to the Scottish independence vote when his comments were hijacked by campaigners from both sides.

The stakes are high, with Goldman Sachs and BlackRock among those warning the vote puts trade, hiring and investment at risk and many economists saying the full implications of an exit are almost impossible to quantify.