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Is the lower pound already helping?

On the face of it, the plummeting level of UK exports suggests that the sharp drop in the sterling exchange rate over the last year or two has done nothing to cushion the UK’s external sector from the global recession. But a closer look suggests that the lower pound has been of more help.

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