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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil and Jonathan Prynn

Pound tumbles as markets take fright over Rachel Reeves' Budget woes with UK productivity downgrade

The Pound dropped sharply amid fears over Britain’s economic outlook as Rachel Reeves admitted ahead of the Budget to a productivity downgrade by the fiscal watchdog.

Sterling plummeted to a two-and-a-half-year low against the Euro and a three-month low versus the US Dollar, down 0.4% at 1.13 Euros and 0.4% lower at 1.32 Dollars, following steep falls on Tuesday.

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