Deal or No Deal, Times Running Out for Brexit

Published: March 22, 2019, 4 p.m.

b"It\\u2019s been nearly\\xa0three years\\xa0since a majority of people in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. One of the arguments made by many Brexit supporters was to \\u201ctake back control.\\u201d Lately, however, the opposite has been true as the process spirals out of control. \\nBritain\\xa0was\\xa0on track\\xa0to leave the E.U. one week from\\xa0today, but a last minute reprieve\\xa0has given British Prime Minister\\xa0Theresa May a new\\xa0deadline of April 12, to come up with deal.\\nNo matter when or exactly how Brexit occurs, analysts\\xa0expect there\\xa0will be\\xa0financial and economic\\xa0consequences\\xa0for the country. Already, the uncertainty has hurt businesses and overall economic\\xa0growth.\\xa0\\nThis week on Money Talking, WNYC's Charlie Herman speaks with Eshe Nelson, economics and markets reporter at Quartz about the effects of\\xa0Brexit on that nation's economy and its people."