Saturday, 04 August 2007

Dollar tumbles vs yen, Swiss on credit fears

(Reuters) - The dollar tumbled on Friday, hitting two-year lows versus the Swiss franc, as fears about losses in the credit sector intensified after Bear Stearns said fixed-income markets were the worst in more than two decades.

U.S. stocks extended declines after Bear Stearns' Chief Financial Officer Sam Molinaro said on Friday the credit market turmoil and risk aversion may be a worse predicament than the 1980s stock market fall and Internet bubble burst.


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