Saturday, 10 October 2009

Has anyone seen the pound recently?

John Redwood
"Since I drew attention to the pound’s plight again in the third week of September the devaluation has continued apace."

Comment made on article:
"Since the UK banking crisis started in mid-2007, the pounds has fallen by:-

75% versus japanese yen
50% versus the Czech Koruna
49% versus Swiss Franc
39% versus Singapore Dollar
37% versus Brazilian Real
36% versus Euro
33% versus Australian Dollar
28% versus the Thai Baht
27% versus US Dollar
21% versus South African Rand
21% versus Polish Zloty
4% versus Mexican Peso

It has increased in value versus only the Zimbabwean Dollar , Ukrainian Hyrvnia and Icelandic Krona.

This kind of currency collapse is not consistent with low inflation."

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