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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 04:06 AM May 2019

Pound slides below $1.27

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/business-48306181

Pound slides below $1.27

By Simon Read and Ben Morris

Posted at 3:48

Pound slides below $1.27

The pound has fallen below $1.27 for the first time since January.

It's really carrying on recent weakness as traders react to uncertainty over Brexit and the rising prospect of the UK leaving the European Union without any kind of transition deal.
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Pound slides below $1.27 (Original Post) nitpicker May 2019 OP
The cost of self destructive hate/stupidity empedocles May 2019 #1
. Ghost Dog May 2019 #2
Might be time to order some gaming stuff Sherman A1 May 2019 #3
"Might be time to order some stuff" mitch96 May 2019 #4
Yup Sherman A1 May 2019 #5
... Could go for some Dave Shaw tin whistles... Ghost Dog May 2019 #7
My long delayed vacation to England? exboyfil May 2019 #6

mitch96

(13,885 posts)
4. "Might be time to order some stuff"
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:14 AM
May 2019

I'm thinking motorcycle stuff.... Bash plates, suspension parts and the all important "go fast" option... stickers!!!!
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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
5. Yup
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:16 AM
May 2019

I just noted one of the companies I buy from in the UK announcing a price increase so with the exchange rate improving I might have to strike will the iron is hot.

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