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Old 15th September 2008, 09:04   #1 (permalink)
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Oh bum. There goes the €/$ exchange rate again!
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Old 15th September 2008, 09:09   #2 (permalink)
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Oh bum. There goes the €/$ exchange rate again!

???? Read a report this am that the euro has strengthened against the dollar.
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Exactly... I want it to go the other way
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Exactly... I want it to go the other way


But i thought you´d grown out of that
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And sadly, there goes a lot more beside ... this is really, truly serious
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And sadly, there goes a lot more beside ... this is really, truly serious
Have you seen the falls in the Uk bank shares this morning.... At 9.55

Company | value | change | %
Alliance & Leicester | 287.00 | -9.50 | 3.20%
Barclays | 321.50 | -29.00 | 8.27%
Bradford & Bingley 36.50 | -0.75 | 2.01%
HBOS | 236.50 | -45.50 | 16.13%
HSBC Holdings | 857.50 | -25.75 | 2.92%
Lloyds TSB Group | 275.50 | -14.00 | 4.84%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group | 216.75 | -23.00 | 9.59%
Standard Chartered | 1382.00 | -58.00 | 4.03%
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Have you seen the falls in the Uk bank shares this morning.... At 9.55
You think that's bad ... Anglo Irish Bank is down nearly 20% this morning
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What does this mean in real terms, for us Average-Joe-Salaryman-Waiter types?
Mortgage rates to go up?
Businesses to close?
Exchange rates to go up?
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I'm not too sure whether it will effect the exchange rate from the pond to euro, however if you are making cash in dollars, it's gonna hit a bit.
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