Nicht nur in Amerika!
The UK recorded its biggest ever current account deficit of 10.2 bln stg in the third quarter,
driven by a wider trade in goods and services gap, official figures showed.
The deficit is the highest since records began in 1955, the office for National Statistics said.
The statistics office said the third quarter deficit is equivalent to 3.4 pct of GDP, up from 0.5 pct of GDP in the second quarter.
This is the highest rate since the fourth quarter of 2000.
The UK has now recorded a current account deficit for every quarter since the third quarter of 1998.
The total deficit on trade in goods in the third quarter came in at 17.0 bln stg,
equivalent to 5.6 pct, the highest since the fourth quarter of 1974.
The trade in services surplus fell to 2.9 bln stg in the quarter from 5.0 bln in the previous quarter,
largely as a result of the of the 1.9 bln stg insurance claims related to Hurricane Katrina.
Man muss damit rechnen, dass der Pfund mit dem Dollar fällen wird, wenn nicht vorher.
Bin wenig in Pfund exponiert, hauptsächlich durch Vodafone.
Andererseits wäre es bald Zeit, wenn das Reisen in England weniger teuer sein würde!
Lancelot