Black Wednesday
September 16, 1992
George Soros and other speculators attacked the British pound, forcing the UK out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in a single day. Soros personally made a billion dollars. The Conservative government's economic credibility collapsed, and the Major government never really recovered. Global currency markets had shown they could overpower national treasuries.
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