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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Pound Rockets as UK Rips Up Budget, US Stocks Gain

This file photo taken on April 22, 2022 shows pounds and US dollar banknotes displayed on a table in London. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)

The pound surged against the dollar Monday as Britain's fourth finance minister in as many months sensationally ripped up a tax-cutting budget that had spooked markets.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt axed almost all of the debt-fueled tax cuts unveiled last month by the new government of Prime Minister Liz Truss, reassuring markets that had tanked and pushing the pound to an all-time low against the dollar.

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