FX Week Europe: Eurozone survival discussion is premature, says academic

Ray Barrell from Brunel University

The European single currency has more than a few weeks to find its way out of the current crisis, and a more realistic timeline in which to discuss the survival of the euro is three to five years from now, according to Ray Barrell, professor of economics at Brunel University in London.

Speaking at the FX Week Europe conference in London on December 1, Barrell said that, despite an increasing debt burden, unsustainable domestic pension systems and the lack of a common fiscal policy, the survival

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