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Breaking a Peg: September 1992

A Promise Britain Could Not Keep

Sterling was pegged to the D-mark. Then Germany needed high rates and Britain needed low ones.

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Sterling entered the ERM in October 1990 at DM 2.95, with a band of ±6%. What did the UK actually commit to?

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