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Monday 27 October 2008

Brown may think he is leading the UK out of recession

... but last week sterling suffered it's worst week against the dollar since 1982 (by a long, long way), in fact, 30% worse than the week of Norman Lamont's Black Wednesday in 1992.

Week Ending

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Percentage

25 October 2008

1.7285

1.5498

-10.34%

19 September 1992

1.8723

1.7342

-7.38%

27 April 1985

1.278

1.216

-4.85%

03 August 1985

1.4278

1.371

-3.98%

04 October 2008

1.8445

1.7716

-3.95%



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