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Does the Bank of England have a plumbing problem?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Repo is one of those areas — collectively referred to as ‘financial plumbing’ — which can be safely ignored until the metaphorical ballcock breaks. Until then, it’s mostly bond geeks sucking their teeth about potential…