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FEATURE - An emotional day yesterday for Ian Plenderleith - by Bank of England standards at least. The outgoing head of financial market operations has always been taciturn when helping to unveil the inflation report, reports Thursday's Financial Times.

Typically, deputy governor Mervyn King would defer to him once, say to handle a dull question about sterling. But during his last report launch, Plenderleith acted like a man set free. He made four contributions - two of them uninvited - including

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