Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is ready to serve a full eight-year term, despite critics campaigning for him to resign ahead of time, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.



Carney, who accepted the post in 2012, is said to be leaning towards staying on and helping to steer the U.K. economy after the government triggers Article 50 of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in March 2017, the FT said. This starts the formal negotiation process, lasting up to two years, until Britain's departure from the bloc.

Prime Minister Theresa May and Finance Minister Philip Hammond were confident until recently that Carney would stay until 2021 rather than stepping down in 2018, according to the FT.