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The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah and agency

Peter Jay, journalist and diplomat, dies aged 87

Peter Jay
Jay’s career included spells as economics editor for both the BBC and the Times, presenter of ITV’s Weekend World and director of the Bank of England. Photograph: Avalon/Getty Images

Peter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.

Colleagues in the political and media world paid tributes after he died “peacefully at home” on Sunday. Jay was one of the country’s foremost economics commentators of his time, spending time as the economics editor for the BBC and the Times.

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