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Support by a narrow majority of voters for exit from the EU confounded the pollsters and triggered near-unprecedented market movements. The Prime Ministers subsequent announcement that he would step down in October delivered a further shock. The country will now face a period of economic and political convulsion. Brexit may well prove to have an adverse effect on the economy. But it also offers opportunities. Whether policymakers will make use of those opportunities is another question.