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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8622

14 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb
For very first time, ECB expresses "concern" about euro's surge compared to dollar

Brussels, 13/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - While it is the subject of growing pressure from some governments to brake the euro's surge compared to the dollar, the European Central Bank (ECB), speaking through the voice of its president Jean-Claude Trichet, declared that, for the very first time, it was concerned about the situation. This declaration caused a slight fall in the European single currency almost immediately (under the $1.28 threshold). "We are concerned; we are not indifferent", Mr...

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