TY  - SER
AU  - Beattie, Allan
AU  - Swann, Christopher
TI  - EURO GETS DOLLAR PARITY IN ITS SIGHTS
KW  - MONEDAS EUROPA ZONAS MONETARIAS UNION EUROPEA
KW  - MONEDAS - EUROPA
KW  - 11
KW  - 3ext136
KW  - XE
N2  - The euro yesterday slid to another lifetime low, taking it to within striking distance of parity with the dollar. Aside from its symbolic importance, market participants said, a fall to parity could trigger a violent lurch lower in the European single currency. Large automatic sell orders by investors are believed to be lurking at the 1.00 rate and a breach of that level could create new downward momentum. Economists said, the main cause of the latest fall, which took the embattled currency down to 1.0114 during the day, was weaker than expected German industrial production figures
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