November 26, 2004

Personal:

This is really starting to hurt my pocketbook

    By Jack Grant

Ouch!

The euro surged to a new high against the U.S. dollar for the fourth straight day Friday, although the greenback rose off its low point.

The euro hit an all-time high of $1.3329 in Asian trading on comments, later retracted, that China was cutting back on its accumulation of dollar assets.


I'm paid in dollars, and I spend in euros here in France.

When I moved here, it was roughly $1.15 for a euro. So, I've basically had a not-insignificant pay cut...

Posted by Jack Grant at 21:57 on 26 November 2004
Comments

You might want to brush up on those negotiating skills. ;)

Posted by: Key at November 28, 2004 01:43 AM



























































































































































































































































































































































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