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Brexit could wipe 20% off the pound amid referendum turmoil, warns HSBC

25 February 2016

Analysis by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has also dismissed the Leave campaign analysis that the UK economy would be unaffected. It considered an ''optimistic scenario'' with small increases in trade costs between the UK and the EU, and a ''pessimistic scenario'' with larger increases. ''In the optimistic case, Brexit reduces UK income by 1.1% of GDP. In the pessimistic case, UK income falls by 3.1%, or £50bn a year.''

This article was published by The Guardian on February 25, 2016
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Related publications
Should we stay or should we go? The economic consequences of leaving the EU, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano and Thomas Sampson, CEP 2015 Election Analysis No.22, March 2015

Related links
Swati Dhingra webpage
Gianmarco Ottaviano webpage
Thomas Sampson webpage
Trade Programme webpage

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