FLASHBACK: 🇬🇧 In 1976, Britain was so broke it took the biggest bailout in IMF history at the time. Fifty years later, the pound has lost nearly 90% of its purchasing power since that year, with £100 then buying what £934 buys today, per ONS data. The 2% inflation target most central banks defend still halves your money every 35 years.(Coin Bureau)