Markets don’t like uncertainty and not surprisingly Teresa May’s decision to postpone the Brexit vote has caused a further slide in the value of the Pound against both the Dollar and the Euro. The decision to postpone came in the face of an unavoidable defeat in the commons and this has caused sterling to dip…
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