Pound Sterling

Vikram A Punathambekar

The GBP is in the mid-to-high sixties[^] against the Rupee. :omg: With the country officially in a recession, the only news I see coming out of Britain is bad news, and I've seen more than one source say Britain is close to bankruptcy! :wtf: Now I know what Lauren meant when she said it was easy to know who the tourists in London were because they were the only ones smiling! The last time I remember seeing a conversion rate in the sixties was in my school days! I'm glad I exchanged my English money when the rates were in the low-to-mid 80s.

Cheers, Vıkram.

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R Giskard Reventlov

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

one source say Britain is close to bankruptcy

That was probably put out by some jerk-trader who was shorting sterling: we are still AAA rated. Actually, the only ones smiling are the hotels, street vendors and shops taking money off the tourists! :-)

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Vikram A Punathambekar

Claims like these are generally exaggerated, and I doubt the UK will actually go bust, but this recession is serious. 1[^] 2[^] 3[^]

Cheers, Vıkram.

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Speak of exchange rates... I sure wish I'd bought a sack full of yen when it was 140 to the dollar... I'm in need of yen now, and last I looked the dollar is under 90 yen now. When everybody is sliding down hill, it's hard to tell which ship to jump to.

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MrPlankton

Iceland's goverment falls...[^]

MrPlankton

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Vikram A Punathambekar

Heard the joke going around in Ireland? What's the difference between Iceland and Ireland? One letter and about six months. :sigh: At least the Irish are better placed to tackle the crisis, they are within the Eurozone.

Cheers, Vıkram.

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Nish Nishant

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

At least the Irish are better placed to tackle the crisis

Yep, their pubs-per-capita is probably among the world's highest if not the highest! :rolleyes:

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Oakman

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

Yep, their pubs-per-capita is probably among the world's highest if not the highest

Higher than Australia's?

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