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Dollar slumps to record low
By Naomi Tajitsu
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Posted 27 February 2008 @ 08:35 am GMT
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Sterling pares recent gains vs euro, dlrMarket players are looking ahead to comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who delivers the central bank's twice-yearly monetary policy testimony to Congress.
"A climb to $1.51 on dovish comments from Bernanke is very possible," said a trader at a U.S. brokerage in Tokyo.
(Additional reporting by Masayuki Kitano)
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