The Rise and Fall of GBP
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Unfortunately doing the reverse. P65 today. The Ph Peso doing badly too, but more due to US events than domestic ones. Whereas the Pound is being hit both externally and through worried perceptions of the effect of its abrupt change in economic policy .One generally seen as risky by the markets.
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Not nearly as expensive as the EU and UK.
Regarding the sliding Pound Sterling. How many times during the last 10 years have we seen it slide and then slowly recover. The economic indicators during the first quarter of next year will be the acid test.
Regarding the sliding Pound Sterling. How many times during the last 10 years have we seen it slide and then slowly recover. The economic indicators during the first quarter of next year will be the acid test.
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Yes, you can get more for you money at an Aldi. That's more difficult to compare with here as often they are not places you want to shop in here. But I don't think it would change the difference much.
Then lately UK food prices have gone up officially by about 12% in the past year Here the official yearly rise is about 6%.
If you include less regularly bought products eg electrical goods it may be a more favourable picture. But you definitely get a lot more for your weekly grocery shop here.
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I'm amazed with what you are saying about grocery shopping here.and there. Last time I visited the UK a few years ago the cost of a trolley load of ordinary groceries at a mid price Tesco level type supermarket was very noticeably much higher than here at a similar level grocery, at least double I would guess.. A rough assessment because some products are of different quality and you buy differently eg here I tend to avoid most imported items. But of that order.
Yes, you can get more for you money at an Aldi. That's more difficult to compare with here as often they are not places you want to shop in here. But I don't think it would change the difference much.
Then lately UK food prices have gone up officially by about 12% in the past year Here the official yearly rise is about 6%.
If you include less regularly bought products eg electrical goods it may be a more favourable picture. But you definitely get a lot more for your weekly grocery shop here.
Yes, you can get more for you money at an Aldi. That's more difficult to compare with here as often they are not places you want to shop in here. But I don't think it would change the difference much.
Then lately UK food prices have gone up officially by about 12% in the past year Here the official yearly rise is about 6%.
If you include less regularly bought products eg electrical goods it may be a more favourable picture. But you definitely get a lot more for your weekly grocery shop here.
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I'm amazed with what you are saying about grocery shopping here.and there. Last time I visited the UK a few years ago the cost of a trolley load of ordinary groceries at a mid price Tesco level type supermarket was very noticeably much higher than here at a similar level grocery, at least double I would guess.. A rough assessment because some products are of different quality and you buy differently eg here I tend to avoid most imported items. But of that order.
Yes, you can get more for you money at an Aldi. That's more difficult to compare with here as often they are not places you want to shop in here. But I don't think it would change the difference much.
Then lately UK food prices have gone up officially by about 12% in the past year Here the official yearly rise is about 6%.
If you include less regularly bought products eg electrical goods it may be a more favourable picture. But you definitely get a lot more for your weekly grocery shop here.
Yes, you can get more for you money at an Aldi. That's more difficult to compare with here as often they are not places you want to shop in here. But I don't think it would change the difference much.
Then lately UK food prices have gone up officially by about 12% in the past year Here the official yearly rise is about 6%.
If you include less regularly bought products eg electrical goods it may be a more favourable picture. But you definitely get a lot more for your weekly grocery shop here.
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As for some products sugar here is P102 a kilo in Asda it is 67p or P42, so less than half, even rice is cheaper in the UK supermarkets. The high price of sugar has already trickled down to fizzy drinks, local shop keeper was telling me that it had gone from P260 a case to P310 and was expecting it to go up again soon. Two coke factories have shut in WV and I don't suppose it will be long before it is being imported from Thailand. Whole chicken here is P210 a kilo, just seen in Asda £2.07 or P132, per kilo today I paid P180 per kilo for red onions again in Asda 75p or P48 and most other veg roughly the same difference.
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If you choose to live in a country you have to take the rough with the smooth. Many foreigners living here think that life is all peaches and cream. Well it is not.
The choice is always yours. Take it or leave it.
The world is going through a period similar to the 1970's ( certainly in the UK). There is one common factor increased energy prices. In the 1970's the driver was OPEC, today it is Putin and Ukraine. I wonder if anyone has thought that Putin is not so stupid after all.
The choice is always yours. Take it or leave it.
The world is going through a period similar to the 1970's ( certainly in the UK). There is one common factor increased energy prices. In the 1970's the driver was OPEC, today it is Putin and Ukraine. I wonder if anyone has thought that Putin is not so stupid after all.



