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Outlook for Euro Darkens on Summit, ECB Policy
Foreign-exchange strategists are slashing their forecasts for the euro at the fastest pace this year as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s interest- rate cuts remove one of the currency’s pillars of support. Since Nov. 3, when Draghi began to undo the rate increases implemented earlier this year by his predecessor, Jean-Claude Trichet, analysts have reduced end-of-2012 estimates for the euro to $1.32 from $1.40, based on the median of 40 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey as of last week. It has weakened versus every major currency except the Swiss franc since then, after gaining against 12 of the 16 ... (full story)