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The euro only has a one out of five chance of survival over the next decade, says the think thank The Centre for Economics and Business Research.

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According to Reuters, the report suggests the growing inbalances between the member states of the eurozone will be the key to its collapse. 

The caveat: The report mentions "current form." So if the euro ditches more profligate members or is redesigned around a fiscal union, presumably its survival rate may be better than 20%.

And even if the euro doesn't collapse as a currency, the report suggests it may reach parity with the dollar in 2011. That would leave it some way to fall from its current price.

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