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Forecasting the Pound

By Bloomberg
02 March 2019   |   7:00 am
As Brexit uncertainty continues to swirl, some analysts are trying to forecast an event that many of their peers have said is untradeable. Bloomberg's Dani Burger dug down into how different Brexit outcomes could hit sterling.

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