Living in Brussels and travelling periodically to the States, I am not aware 
that the euro's value was declining before about last week. For several years 
it's been strong vis-a-vis the dollar. 

>One of the reasons given for the strength of the US dollar is that it is 
>regarded as a safe haven. I can see that people might avoid currencies such as 
>the euro because of the decline in economic prospects there and also in other 
>countries which have declining currency values but why would investors not 
>prefer gold or purchasing companies which are dirt cheap in many case rather 
>than buying US dollars. What makes people think that it is safe?
>  The U.S. economy is in very bad shape and the debt is ballooning. Why buy 
> the U.S. dollar?
>
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