HC Deb 05 November 1976 vol 918 c735W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how great a trade-weighted depreciation of sterling results from a fall of one US cent in the dollar value of sterling, on the assumption that the dollar's exchange rate against all other major currencies remains unchanged.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

On the basis of exchange rates currently prevailing, depreciation of one US cent in the dollar value of sterling would depreciate the trade-weighted sterling rate by just under 0.4 per cent.