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U.S.Dollar Drops to Record Low
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar tumbled to a record low against the euro after German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder suggested he will tolerate a stronger European currency, overshadowing a surge in U.S. job growth in October.The euro's rise is ``not yet dramatic,'' Schroeder, leader of Europe's largest economy, told a press conference in Brussels. His remark followed European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet's failure yesterday to protest a four-week euro advance that helps offset the impact of higher oil prices. The dollar, down 5 percent in the past month against the euro, initially jumped after the Labor Department said employers added 337,000 workers in October, after a gain of 139,000 a month earlier, fueling bets the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate twice more this year. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-05 |
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