Sterling has traded to a 5 year low in the currency markets against the US dollar on the back of poor construction and production data released by the ONS. On Thursday the Bank of England’s MPC announced their decision to leave interest rates and quantitative easing unchanged as expected, with the pound weakening following disappointing trade deficit figures. Thursdays close was the lowest level for Cable since June 2010, in part due to a strong dollar combined with the weak UK d…
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