The Slovak crown, along with other central European currencies, took a tumble yesterday, falling 70 basis points to 42.43 against its euro reference currency, the weakest it has been since September 2002.
The crown had been steadily appreciating on speculative buying by foreign banks.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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