As the European single currency swung between $1.30 and $1.20 last month, Euromoney toured banks whose currency strategists were publishing estimates of it going to $1.15 or lower. In private conversation, it’s soon obvious that many indeed expect the European currency to head for parity with the dollar or even fall through it, especially if the present single-currency bloc holds together, and any system of fiscal transfers between states – which Angela Merkel has so far denounced as an “irresponsible” model – does emerge.
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