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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Jim Landers
May 28--WASHINGTON--ANALYSTS TRY TO PINPOINT STRENGTH OF DOLLAR: If you've been abroad lately, you may have wondered why the weak U.S. economy still has a muscle-bound currency. Go to Canada, and your motel dollars open doors to hotel suites. A Canadian coming here, though, finds his dollar worth 65 cents.
This summer would be a good time to try vacationing in Paris, Rome or Berlin. The euro, Europe's big push for a common currency, limps along at 86 cents, after debuting in 1999 at $1.17. (The last coordinated effort among central bankers to raise a weak...
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