nina dos santos joins us now from london with all the economic checks on what's just happened. nina? >> you're absolutely right. economics is always going to be central in this debate. the business community has been ever so vocal, urging scotland to reject the idea of independence because of the immediate economic consequences of a decision like that. there are still some questions. for the moment, the asian markets, christiane are the ones that's trading, poised to close the week on an upbeat. the ftse will trade in an hour and a half from now. futures put that market up about 1%. but what's been so crucial is the irk shoe of the pound. as you mentioned, there were fears we could see a run on the pound. the pound sent to a ten-month low in the run-up to this debate. it's currently trading up about 2/3 of 1% against the u.s. dollar. and up to a three-year high against the euro. there are still economic and business questions. we had a number of banks drawing up significant plans to move their assets or corporate headquarters south to the border here to london. some people are