Monday, 5 January 2009

Weakness of pound a further blow for retailers

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is my considered opinion that the Bank of England should cut the interest rate before they find a better solution.- Fabio

Anonymous said...

Chinese students who study in the UK benefits from he slump in the value of pound.
Andy

Oliver.Ma said...

As the pound becomes lower and lower, the more oversea students will study in the UK. - Oliver -

Anonymous said...

I think the retailers will accept lower profits rather than pass the pressure to the consumers for the consumer confidence is very low.

econinfohunter said...

this is a classic example of how a big drop in the currency will probably boost consumer inflation even if exports improve.

Justintime said...

I have a feeling, the weaken in pound is like a shrink in the assets of the whole UK, which i think is really difficult to recover after this recession.

Aaron 施 said...

we've talked about it in the class
I quite agree!

Nicky said...

The weaking pound is a good thing for exporters because they can now export the same amount for less money.Also it will help the economy because it will reduce UK unemployment and for British goods will be bigger demand as they will be cheaper.

qiongke said...

clearlly,it's a good thing to us.but concern about the economy,the weak pounds leads to a worse position for british import.

victor yu said...

as we know the pound is the most valuable money in the whole world, but now the exchange rate is just as same as euro. i am just thinking that will it be possible to british to join the euro zone ?
let the other europe countries to promote uk econonics.
i also think more International corporation will close their factories to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Kamit Chingis said...

But are imports something good.Probably all countries want to export not import.I think that decreas in imports might force UK to build more factories and use its natural resources more.That whould develop UK's economy