Sterling tumbled to its lowest level in two and a half years yesterday as markets became increasingly worried over the possibility of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal in three months.
The pound dropped as much as 1.3 per cent to $1.2230, a level not touched since mid-March 2017 when the UK triggered Article 50 and began the formal process of leaving the union.
After the currency fell, Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, said an abrupt EU exit was “absolutely not” the government’s assumption. He said he believed a no-deal Brexit was a “million to one” possibility, adding: “Provided there is sufficient goodwill . . . that is exactly where I would put the odds.”