EU exit threatens 'standard of living', says Pimco chief

Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Pimco, warned that David Cameron would need a 'Plan B' to limit the impact on the economy if the UK were to exit the EU. "Whichever way you look at this, Prime Minister David Cameron has materially increased the probability that, beyond 2017, Poland rather than the UK will be among the three largest economies defining the scale and scope of European regional integration. "Let's hope that he also has a Plan B that would limit the potential downside to Britain's standard of living," Mr El-Erian wrote in Fortune magazine. The warning followed the p...