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No matter what Ben Bernanke actually intended, the central bank's latest push to inject money into the economy isn't resulting in a cheaper buck. And Europe's woes aren't all that's conspiring against it -- a slew of other factors are also at play.

Europeans are freaking out, and the reason might surprise you. Their seven-year-old currency known as the euro has gotten too strong. That's quite a turnabout from the common currency's launch in 2002 when dollar bashing -- and euro boosting -- was as common in the Continent's financial...