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Pound slumps against Yen:FT confirms collapsing “carry trades”

Posted by seumasach on October 25, 2008

Sharp fall in output routs pound

FT

24th October, 2008

 

Stocks slumped and the pound collapsed against the dollaryesterday as investors reacted to the worst decline in UK economic output since 1990 and investors around the world struggled to sell assets financed by cheap Japanese borrowing.

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