{"id":134125,"date":"2022-07-13T20:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/euro-in-caduta-libera\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:36:57","slug":"euro-in-freefall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/euro-in-freefall\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro in freefall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"font-377884\">Euro in freefall<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span class=\"font-377884\"><em>After being reached by the Swiss franc, the single currency and the dollar reached parity for the first time since 2002.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134119\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/euro-in-caduta-libera\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-134119\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-134120\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Un mucchio di Euro e dollari\" width=\"840\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/europe-ga32b411b0_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"font-377884\">A bunch of Euros and dollars<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">For the first time since 2002, the euro and the dollar reached parity, ending a long period in which the euro had always been the stronger currency: the peak had been in 2008, when one euro was worth $1.6.\u00a0 Rising commodity prices and the energy crisis helped devalue the euro and strengthen the greenback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/inflation-causes-and-consequences\/\">Inflation: Causes and consequences<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">Further worsening expectations in European markets is monetary policy, with the Fed already on its third tightening since the beginning of the year, with benchmark rates at 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent and possibly exceeding 3 percent by December while the ECB has yet to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95809\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-stati-uniti-damerica\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-95810\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Banconote da un dollaro degli Stati Uniti d'America\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Banconote-da-un-dollaro-degli-Stati-Uniti-dAmerica.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"font-377884\">One-dollar banknotes of the United States of America.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/swiss-franc-parity-euro\/\">Swiss franc reaches parity with the euro<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-377884\">Parity, at present, also exists against the Swiss franc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mapp_article_par_1\" class=\"intelligence\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being joined by the Swiss franc, the single currency and the dollar reached parity for the first time since 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