Thursday, September 20, 2007

Sept. 20 pm

Sept. 20, 2007 (pm) reuters--The dollar tumbled to a record low against the euro on Thursday and reached parity with the Canadian currency for the first time in 31 years on expectations of more cuts in U.S. interest rates after this week's sharp reduction. … Against the euro, the dollar breached the key $1.40 level and almost touched $1.41 at around noon in New York. The euro zone single currency also rose above 70 pence against sterling for the first time in one and a half years. ... the Canadian dollar briefly reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1976, supported by lofty commodity prices, a strong domestic economy and concerns about the U.S. economic slowdown.

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