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It's the worst ever collapse of the pound but far from the first. Here's a look back at them, all...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSince the pound sterling first went into free float in 1971, no event has sent Britain’s currency...
Factbox-Pounded: A history of UK currency crises and crashes
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBritain's pound plunged to an all-time low early on Monday as international investors reacted to...
When was the last time the pound crashed? A brief history
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe last time the British pound flirted with dollar parity, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister....
Murmurs of 'sterling crisis' no longer fanciful: Mike Dolan
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoEven though fears of another "sterling crisis" have been wide of the mark for decades, they are...
A British Pounding: How George Soros Made Over $1 Billion Betting Against The Bank Of England
Benzinga via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoFew asset managers in history can say they've made $1 billion in a single trade, let alone a trade...
Suez Crisis to COVID pandemic: How economic shocks have shaped history
Yahoo Finance UK· 2 years agoEconomic shock: After a period of historic lows, CPIH inflation rose from 0.5% in August 2020 to...
Three weeks of market chaos that toppled the chancellor
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoThe pound hit its lowest point in history, the interest rate on Government loans rose to the highest...
From the tumbling peso to the soaring pound – 2023’s currency winners and losers
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoHoliday makers can hardly have failed to notice 2023 was a stellar year for the pound. Of the...
New home on New Bond Street for Watches of Switzerland as sales defy cost-of-living crisis
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWatches of Switzerland, the operator of the Rolex Boutique chain, is moving its flagship West End...
What is fiat money?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoPortions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our...