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"Britain slips from 5th largest economy to 6th (behind growth-less France) in the space of five hours" - Channel 4 journalist Jon Snow
by crb 10y ago
"Britain slips from 5th largest economy to 6th (behind growth-less France) in the space of five hours" - Channel 4 journalist Jon Snow
- TheFishyOne 10y agoWe slipped, yes, but the FTSE100 is close to 80% recovered from this morning whilst the GBP to USD exchange rate is currently where it was at in February of this year. Our televised news hosts like to dramatise, it seems. Meanwhile, the Spanish market is down is down 11%, Belgian one is down 5.5%, France down 7%, Germany down 6%. It's looking like Europe is hurting more from this announcement than Britain at the moment.
- dogma1138 10y ago>Jon Snow He knows nothing.... Sorry couldn't resist.