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The Bank of England governor admitted his childhood nicknames included ‘Carnage’ and ‘Carnival’.
Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters
Fielding questions from schoolchildren in Coventry, Carney revealed he likes milk chocolate and
dogs.
Asked about childhood nicknames, he answered: “I was given nicknames that were variants of my
last name which is Carney, so I was called Carnival, or Carnage, or things like that. I like Carnage a
little better than Carnival. It seemed a little more manly I guess.”
We are actors in a play
Carney made another call in September for politicians to stop relying on central banks to do all the
heavy lifting on supporting economic growth.
“The Bank of England has long stressed that central bank policies are not the cause of low rates, but
responses to them. We are actors in a play written by others.
“Long-run prosperity was never in the gift of monetary policymakers. As the 10th anniversary of the
start of the crisis approaches, a consensus is growing that escaping this low-growth, low-inflation
trap will require a rebalancing between monetary, fiscal and structural policies.”
We won’t take orders from politicians
Just a week after Theresa May took a swipe at the impact of the Bank’s actions on “ordinary” people,
Carney said: “We are not going to take instruction on our policies from the political side.”
Politics won’t scare me off