For the week ahead, currency traders will likely focus on Thursday's ECB meeting for news of any rate cuts amid a slew of dismal economic numbers out of the euro zone.

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All this despite a slew of government interventions this week, including synchronized 50-basis-point interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and several other central banks, including China's.

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In 2003, taxpayers faced a slew of changes, including new capital gains rates effective mid-year and a new lower rate on so-called qualified dividends.

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