Scotland’s independence campaign has produced some financial market dramas. When an opinion poll showed the Yes vote with a chance of winning, volatility in sterling currency markets soared. Investors worried that without Scotland, the UK would be more likely to leave the EU. But fears have appeared to calm. Sterling has fallen just 1.7 per cent against the dollar, after trimming losses. What markets expect when the poll result is announced tomorrow is indicated by currency options, which show whether investors are betting on sterling falling further or rising on relief. A negative fallout has already occurred in Spanish bond markets, where yields have risen on worries about resurgence in the Catalan independence movement.
蘇格蘭獨立公投給金融市場注入了一些戲劇性。當9月初的一項民調顯示支持獨立的一方有獲勝機會時，英鎊在外匯市場的波動性曾飆升。