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by nothis 1390 days ago
>For people in the EU/UK, how has this currency slide impacted your day to day?

Not at all?

I mean, I guess you could argue which caused which but the real problem here in central Europe are gas and energy prices. Those legitimately doubled and affect personal budgets.

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Would you be prepared to say that the 18% inflation [1] isn't completely due to GBP getting weaker than USD? Not being facetious, actually asking the question.

Because I'm sure all the US-based services will soon be updating their prices to match our rapidly weakening currency.

1: https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/aug/22/cinewo...