Obama confident Brexit will not harm global financial system

Ottawa, Jun 29: US President Barack Obama said today he is "confident" that Britain's vote to leave the European Union will not harm the the global financial system, as markets rebounded from post-Brexit losses.

"Given the vote of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, our economic teams are going to continue to work together so that we remain focused on keeping our economies growing and making sure that the global financial system is stable, something I am confident that we can do," Obama said at a summit with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts in Ottawa.

AFP