Economist - A full-blown dollar crisis on top of a credit crunch and a weakening economy would be frightening. It would send financial markets reeling and tie the hands of the Fed, perhaps forcing it to raise interest rates even as recession looms. The sky-high euro would soar further, choking off Europe’s growth. Political tensions would also rise. Already Airbus has called the dollar’s decline “life-threatening” and France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has given warning of “economic war”.

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