There is also some reason to believe that significant sums of illegally held monies were sold for dollars to avoid an official and public exchange for euros.

• 随着经常帐目赤字继续上升，加上美国没有计划采取紧缩措施来减少进口、增加出口,这种情况将可能导致美元失去其作为世界结算货币的地位，由欧元或欧元及一篮子货币取而代之。