Is he jumping earlier than she wanted him to go? Did she push him out sooner than he wanted to leave? Or have the two most important figures in Britain’s Brexit saga reached an accommodation that suits both their purposes? We may never know. But one thing emerges clearly from the drama over Mr Carney’s future: he is a very political central banker indeed.

I don’t mean that as a criticism, nor as an endorsement of the argument that Mr Carney has overstepped his remit over Brexit. I am simply making an observation of the skill and daring that the Governor of the Bank of England has displayed in the wrangling over his future – skill and daring that yesterday morning saw Downing Street’s endorsement of Mr Carney as “absolutely” the right man for the job. Theresa May’s spokesman expressed the hope that the Governor would stay on after his five-year term ends in 2018.