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Sliding: The pound is now worth €1.10
Millions of Britons face another hike in the cost of travel today after the pound fell to a five-month low against the euro. The exchange rate dropped to 1.1016 euros per pound after the Bank of England warned that the UK’s record debt is putting off investors. It means items purchased in the 22 countries which use the single currency will now cost 6 per cent more than they did last month. Until last month, sterling’s value had been slowly rising since it sunk to an exchange rate of nearly one to one last December. In August it was worth 1.17 euros. But since then the pound has lost value virtually every day – renewing fears it will once again hit parity with the euro by Christmas. The fall in the value of the pound against the euro has sparked renewed fears the two currencies will hit parity – or becomes less valuable. ‘We were here last October and we headed down to parity against the euro by Christmas. I think we are going the same way again,’ Mark O’Sullivan from Currencies Direct told the BBC. Read the rest of this entry »

Ronaldo deal getting more expensive by the moment as pound hits new highs against the euro

Christiano Ronaldo’s proposed transfer to Real Madrid was announced on the day the pound hit its highest level against the euro for six months - and until the paperwork is signed and sealed every rise will costing the Spanish club more money.

The pound hit 1.17 euros on Thursday, up from lows of 1.07 in January, and currency experts have calculated that each cent the euro falls will cost the Spaniards an extra one million euros.

The £80million price the two clubs have agreed would have cost Real Madrid €83 million in January when the pound was much weaker, but at today’s exchange rate the same sterling amount will cost Real Madrid €93 million.

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