Pound Sterling
About Pound Sterling
The pound sterling, commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence.
Trump not first politician to be ditched by Rupert Murdoch
... " There is perhaps no greater demonstration of the awesome power wielded by the Sun than when a collapse in Pound Sterling forced Britain into a humiliating withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992, as detailed in Peter Chippindale and Chris Horrie s riveting history of the newspaper, Stick It Up Your Punter! When Prime Minister John Major telephoned MacKenzie to ask how he planned to cover the story, the editor replied: " Prime Minister, I have on my desk in front of me a very large bucket of [expletive], which I am just about to pour all over you...
Five questions on the economics of independence
... So which of the questions from 2014 would remain an issue in the referendum the Scottish government wishes to hold? And which new questions have arisen? Which currency? Eight years ago, the SNP and Scottish government prospectus for independence would have seen joint control of the Bank of England and of the Pound Sterling...
Treasury refuses to publish UK economic forecast
... In the City, where in recent weeks the value of the Pound Sterling has fallen and the cost of borrowing for the UK government has risen, there is some expectation that the Treasury will imminently have to formally increase its " remit" for borrowing...
UK household energy bills to hit £3,000 per year
... This has been driven by volumes of Russian gas exports going down, the closure of a key gas export facility in the USA, and a weaker value of the Pound Sterling...
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