{"id":4372,"date":"2018-11-14T21:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/sterling-rallies-after-may-announces-cabinet-backs-deal\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T21:25:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:25:07","slug":"sterling-rallies-after-may-announces-cabinet-backs-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/sterling-rallies-after-may-announces-cabinet-backs-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterling rallies after May announces cabinet backs deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Pound coins\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0F95\/production\/_100898930_pound.coins.stack.gc.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The pound has rallied after the Prime Minister announced she had the backing of the cabinet for her Brexit withdrawal plan.<\/p>\n<p>It followed a volatile day&#8217;s trading while the outcome of Teresa May&#8217;s five hour meeting with cabinet colleagues remained unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The pound reached $1.30 following the announcement, having fallen to $1.28 in the mid afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Against the euro the pound recovered to \u20ac1.15 after dipping to \u20ac1.14.<\/p>\n<p>Market commentator Russ Mould at AJ Bell said investors were &#8220;using the pound as their lightning rod&#8221; over worry and satisfaction about how the negotiations were progressing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the last 18 months the Brexit talks haven&#8217;t really gone anywhere and people had begun to fear no deal,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The pound is still more than 10% below where it was before the referendum over leaving the EU 2016, but it has rallied from deeper lows &#8220;as markets have begun to express optimism that some kind of deal can be struck&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Milestone&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Business bodies welcomed the agreement, with the CBI describing it as &#8220;an important step forward&#8221; towards a negotiated Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI directorgeneral, said: &#8220;It moves the UK one step away from the nightmare precipice of no deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Securing a transition period has long been firms&#8217; top priority and every day that passes without one means lost investment and jobs, hitting the most vulnerable hardest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said agreement on the draft was a &#8220;milestone&#8221; but said business still needed clarity and precision on the specific terms of trade they will face.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Adam Marshall, BCC director general, said businesses would need to look carefully a the &#8220;real-world&#8221; implications of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>He said the agreement could represent &#8220;the end of the beginning &#8211; but not yet the beginning of the end&#8221; of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-46215897\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images The pound has rallied after the Prime Minister announced she had the backing of the cabinet for her Brexit withdrawal plan. It followed a volatile day&#8217;s trading while the outcome of Teresa May&#8217;s five hour meeting with cabinet colleagues remained unclear. 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