The single currency has also been forcing eurozone governments to embark on a programme of structural reform.
The single currency direction this morning has mostly been influenced by cross currency plays.
Second, they are losing confidence in the single currency and Spain's place within it.
Do you suspect by that time, Norman, we will have joined the single currency?
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The biggest one is that it might keep Italy out of the single currency in 1999.
The bonds would be guaranteed by all 17 countries in the single currency, including Germany.
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No-one can resist because the single currency gives an unbelievable platform for these exports.
Delivering these reforms would be a powerful demonstration of commitment to preserve the single currency.
Those inside the euro fear that easing up on potential entrants would undermine the single currency.
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Seen in this light, our index provides little comfort to Italian critics of the single currency.
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For young people, the rate has reached 21%, the highest since the single currency was introduced.
Sweden's vote in September on adopting the single currency is likely to be close.
For now, the single currency looks like a sick puppy wanting to head lower.
Sweden voted against joining the Euro, and Denmark also has an opt-out on the single currency.
For Chancellor Merkel this pact is the key to the future survival of the single currency.
In currency markets, the single currency had been buoyed by a supportive stance from China.
France promoted the single currency as a way to rein in German power after German unification.
Public debates about the single currency tend to attract a stage army of eccentric old Europhobes.
EU's exchange-rate mechanism for at least two years before acceding to the single currency.
But they do not see the defence of the single currency as a British responsibility.
The second area of dispute is the future of sterling outside the single currency.
Yes, the City has long since accepted that the single currency is almost sure to happen.
But the single currency remains the scab at which the Tories keep on picking.
The single currency is boosting competition and encouraging firms to exploit economies of scale through mergers.
Are my accounting system and my financial software able to cope with the single currency?
As it happens, there is no economic evidence that such borrowing would undermine the single currency.
Besides, the row over Mr Duisenberg does reflect very different attitudes to the single currency.
Come spring, the accord on the single currency between government and opposition may be fraying.
Besides this, the anti camp left, right and centre have two main objections to joining the single currency.
Because they cannot devalue within the single currency and further do not control local interest rates.
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