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The Pound And The Fury

What A Day

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The U.K. Economy Is Tanking

Truss's more recent troubles began on friday with the unveiling of a very first proposed budget, which could leave most britons struggling to import anything. Borrowing a bunch of money to give rich people tax cuts basically amounts to putting yet more money into an already overheated economy. The uk. Is also a major trading partner and such a risky gamble by the u k government is forcing wall street to ask what it could mean for us.

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