Worst fall for dollar since January 2, 2001

Brace yourself for plenty more days of record highs and lows. Today was not one of the good days.

At $1.48 per euro, the dollar was down 2.6 percent, its steepest decline against the euro since Jan., 2, 2001. The dollar index was also down 2.6 percent.

It's hard to believe it was down to $1.38 barely more than 10 days ago.