Currencies and economies
<BR>THE dollar's tumble this week was attended by predictable shrieks from the
<BR>markets; but as it fell to a 20-month low of $1.32 against the euro, the
<BR>only real surprise was that it had not slipped sooner. Indeed, there are
<BR>good reasons to expect its slide to continue, dragging it below the record
<BR>low of $1.36 against the euro that it hit in December 2004. …
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