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The ugly currencies contest

Name: The ugly currencies contest
Uploaded: 2011-10-25T16:55:25.546Z
Duration: 4 min 21 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: James Mackintosh on euro and dollar bets

For a currency supposedly fighting for life, the euro is remarkably strong. James Mackintosh, investment editor, looks at the ugly contest going on among the world’s major currencies.

October 25, 2011

Produced by Daniel Garrahan

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