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					Originally Posted by  zacs
					 
				 
				the weak dollar is much more then you realize. 
 
Look at it this way.... 
 
5 years ago, 1 dollar bought .9 Euro 
today, 1 dollar buys .6 Euro 
 
that is a significant decline. 
 
this means that a dollar today is buying only 2/3 of what it did 5 years ago for any globally traded commodity. 
			
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 wow - I went to Europe in 2001 and 1 dollar bought @ 1.15 E