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Currency tumbles further after UK chancellor announced biggest tax cuts in 50 years
An international consensus that the US currency is too strong seems some way off
Airlines, brewers and retailers among the companies concerned about currency shift
Sterling is having another special one
Market sell-off on ‘fiscal event’ was as bad a verdict as any chancellor could fear
Tory MPs and traders braced for further market volatility after UK chancellor insists ‘more to come’
Buying the currency is tolerable if it keeps the government out of monetary policy
Risk of further falls in sterling as fund managers asked to soak up billions more in public debt
Kwarteng axes top rate of income tax and reduces basic rate but gilt yields surge on government borrowing fears
Plunge in pound and surge in borrowing costs show investors are balking at footing bill for UK government plans
Squeaky-bum time for Bailey
Borrowing costs soar and equities sink as traders fret over government’s fiscal responsibility
Self-care, Alphaville style
Plus yen intervention might work?
Analysts say Japan’s central bank does not have enough firepower to prop up currency in long term
Hawkish EU member states push for hard-hitting measures against Russia
UK, Switzerland, Norway and South Africa all raise rates in wake of Fed move
Decision comes at a time when central banks around the world have been raising borrowing costs
Move follows pledge by BoJ to continue with ultra-loose policy despite rate rises elsewhere
Country’s sensitivity to fluctuations has shifted since the currency last traded this low in the 1990s
Dollar boosted by tighter policy and status as ‘safe haven’ after Russian troop mobilisation
Gap between consumption and production means sterling can only maintain value if foreign funding continues
South Korea battles to defend currency under pressure from Fed rate decision
A sliding pound is bad for companies with heavy dollar-denominated costs
Chronic shortage of currency tips into crisis as African power giant fails to profit from rising oil prices
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