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The pound has dropped towards its lowest level against the US dollar in two months.

Sterling has shed almost two cents against the dollar since the US election results started to come in, and has fallen to $1.2855, down from $1.3041 last night.

“The UK is a small, open economy and would be one of the countries most affected.”