# $1 = 0.987 Swiss francs.  Or, is there no end in sight to the dollar crash?

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**Created:** [March 17, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-0-987-swiss-francs-or-is-there-no-end-in-sight-to-the-dollar-crash/441683 "2008-03-17T19:12:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-0-987-swiss-francs-or-is-there-no-end-in-sight-to-the-dollar-crash/441683/61 "2008-03-18T22:25:10Z")

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Well I’ll be damned, I just checked over at [www.xe.com](http://www.xe.com) it’s back up just over 1CF. I can’t imagine what made that happen.

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**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-0-987-swiss-francs-or-is-there-no-end-in-sight-to-the-dollar-crash/441683/62 "2008-03-18T22:56:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus]  
Sure was, I spent the academic year 1977 - 78 in Germany as an exchange student.  
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Ok, so you know that acute declines in manufacturing and oil crises are not without precedent.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-0-987-swiss-francs-or-is-there-no-end-in-sight-to-the-dollar-crash/441683/63 "2008-03-23T17:57:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus]  
Well I’ll be damned, I just checked over at [www.xe.com](http://www.xe.com) it’s back up just over 1CF. I can’t imagine what made that happen.  
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It’s back up to 1.022 Canadian too. Maybe whatever the Fed did worked…

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