Brexit: according to IMF Uk exit from EU would increase uncertainty

The exit of Britain from the EU would trigger a '' prolonged period of high uncertainty '', with negative consequences for economic growth of the country, this is the summary of the IMF report presented in London by the Director Christine Lagarde.

Among the consequences '' negative and substantial '' which listed Lagarde there are the depreciation of the pound, the decline in investment, market volatility, with direct repercussions on employment. '' In any country have gone in the past six months, all the leaders have asked me about the economic consequences of a Brexit '', Lagarde said, stressing that the Fund does not intend to enter the political debate on the referendum.

The climate of uncertainty generated by the referendum on Brexit has already negatively affected the British market in recent months. Among the most affected sectors of the commercial real estate, whose transactions decreased by 40% in the first three months of the year. The uncertainty is also having negative effects on decisions by companies to hire.