Paris Event

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The Outlook for the Euro: A View from the Currency Markets
Friday 21 October 2011, Le Meurice Hotel, Paris

Since the eurozone crisis erupted, policymakers have taken exceptional steps to expand the size and scope of the rescue fund for bailing out troubled eurozone economies.

Many investors and market players fear, however, that the rescue packages to better equip the currency union with tools to fight the debt crisis aren't enough, and that the sovereign debt crisis is spreading beyond the periphery of the eurozone to the bigger economies of Europe's single currency.

In the latest in a global series of strategic forums looking at the key challenges facing the financial industry and capital markets, the Financial Times and Credit Suisse will gather senior economists, currency strategists, asset managers and other market participants to discuss the outlook for the euro area and its currency at this uncertain time in European political and economic affairs.

• What will be the outcome of the European leaders' second bailout of Greece?
• Have they delivered a silver bullet to the sovereign debt solution or have they set a dangerous precedent in permitting a country to default?
• Will the package prevent the contagion from spreading to bigger economies or is worse to come?
• How can Europe help its most indebted countries improve their stagnant economies?
• Will the loss sustained by financial institutions holding Greek government bonds discourage future investment that could provide jobs and economic growth?