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Bank of England ‘watching carefully’ for risks from WallStreetBets craze, says Andrew Bailey

Andrew Bailey said the Bank of England was monitoring the risks from a spike in retail investor activity

Andrew Bailey has said the Bank of England is carefully monitoring the fallout from the Reddit-inspired retail investor rampage in the US.

The Bank of England governor said "we are watching carefully" when asked at a 4 February press conference about the WallStreetBets phenomenon in the US.

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