Euro plummets against US dollar: has the next crisis begun?
The euro has fallen to a 17-month low against the dollar.
DW reports that the euro has fallen to a 17-month low against the dollar.
That will make inflation worse in the EU, where political worries and concern over French debt are already troubling investors. Is a fiscal crisis at hand?
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