Carney said Brexit's impact had been most obvious in weakening sterling, and reiterated that a disruptive withdrawal from the EU could lead to further depreciation, in comments in an online forum hosted by the BoE.

"More recently, Brexit uncertainties have been starting to show up more in other assets prices too, like UK-focused equity prices and bank funding costs. How markets perform over the coming year will depend on how things develop globally, as well as on Brexit," he said.

(Reporting by David Milliken, editing by Andy Bruce)