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This allows sterling to distance itself from the “well-worn” support level of 1.1450 euros that dominated the second half of September, he says.

Risk reversals show a greater skew towards put options in sterling versus the dollar, which bet on the exchange rate falling after the budget.

"It's crazy as our websites are completely different. I sell sterling silver, dainty pieces and engagement jewellery," she said.

A number of economists, mainly on the right, have in recent weeks raised the prospect of a version of the 1976 sterling crisis repeating itself.

“Happy Together,” a song rejected by a number of pop groups, revived the group’s fortunes, thanks in part to a sterling arrangement masterminded by new bassist Chip Douglas.