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Black Wednesday

Great Britain · Economy / Currency. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1992

Norman Lamont16 September 1992

London · Economy / Currency

Britain suspends sterling's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

Names involved

Norman Lamont

Provenance

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