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How Brexit Could Affect Interest Rates

President of Dallas Fed would likely advocate for raising rates in June, except for concerns about whether the U.K. will stay in the EU.

By Christopher Condon, Bloomberg | Updated on April 29, 2016

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said he’ll move closer to advocating for an interest-rate increase at the next policy meeting if economic data improves, as he suspects it will, with one caveat: Brexit.

“It’ll be a factor,” Kaplan said Friday about the U.K.’s approaching vote on whether to exit the European Union. If the result is uncertain heading into the June 23 referendum, that could roil currency and bond markets and “create some instability,” he said in an interview on Bloomberg Television in London. Policy makers hold their next meeting on June 14-15.

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