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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 19 February 2021 - Sterling holding onto gains
Description: "The UK faces a dilemma as it begins to consider the release of lockdown as despite a high level of pent-up demand which is likely to see inflation begin to rise, there will still be a massive overhang of businesses struggling to get back to where they were pre-Pandemic let alone begin to grow past that level.
It will be a virtually impossible square the circle, as on the one hand retail is expected, despite the damage caused to its balance sheets, to see an impressive bounce back while manufacturing and services struggle to retain customers and compete for orders.
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