Article 28FBX Pound falls to almost $1.20 but UK industrial output recovers

Pound falls to almost $1.20 but UK industrial output recovers

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Phillip Inman Economics correspondent, and Angela
from Economics | The Guardian on (#28FBX)

ONS figures show rise in manufacturing and energy in November, although record imports outweigh higher exports

The pound has fallen to a fresh 10-week low against the dollar as Brexit fears and the prospect of a Donald Trump bounce for the US economy gripped the markets.

For the first time since 25 October, sterling fell to almost $1.20 before it mounted a recovery after figures showed the UK's industrial sector returned to health in November.

Related: UK firms brace for further Brexit price rises, surveys show

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