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Oct 2022
30m 15s

The Download: The pound under pressure

RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM)
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This episode, David Riley, Chief Investment Strategist, BlueBay Asset Management, joins Dave from London to discuss the recent financial and economic challenges in the UK, including extraordinary weakness in the pound following news of the British government’s proposed tax cuts. David also talks about the problems facing UK pension funds, the outlook on high inflation, and what this uncertainty could mean for the global economy.

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