Pound sags amid 'hard Brexit' signals ahead of May speech

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Last Updated : Jan 16 2017 | 4:02 PM IST
The British pound fell to a three-month low amid reports Prime Minister Theresa May will signal her willingness to make a clean break with the European Union.
The currency fell below USD 1.20 before recovering slightly today. It has lost about a fifth of its value since Britain voted in June to leave the EU.
May is due to disclose details of Britain's plan for leaving the EU in a speech tomorrow. Her office says she will call for a "global Britain" open to the world.
British media say she'll signal a willingness to take the UK out of the EU's single market in goods and services in order to gain control over immigration.
That prospect alarms many in Britain's huge financial services sector, which relies on EU access.

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First Published: Jan 16 2017 | 4:02 PM IST

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