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People and firms using pounds may face higher costs as the currency weakened while investors favoured the US dollar during rising tensions in the Middle East. Sterling traded at $1.334 on Monday, staying just above its May 18 low as expectations grew that US interest rates could rise later this year. Markets put year-end UK rates at 4.26% and US rates at 3.92%.
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