'Forecasts are there to be beaten': Sterling spikes as Hammond delivers upbeat outlook in Spring Statement

Up 0.46% against the US dollar

Tom Eckett
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Sterling was on the rise in afternoon trading following a a series of optimistic forecasts for the UK economy from Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in his first Spring Statement.

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