If the 2008 financial crisis is any guide, world markets - which have barely had time to recover from the dollar’s 9% surge in mid-March - may be set for another damaging bout of strength in the greenback. In the 10 days from March 9, the dollar leapt against almost every other currency as companies and banks bought it to pay their creditors, trade partners and suppliers. Money market funding rates jumped and share prices plunged as those desperate for the U.S. currency liquidated investments. Such a spike in the dollar - the currency of choice in global commerce and investment, used in up to 90% of all FX ... (full story)