Euro shows its strength as Ireland, Italy, EIB pull huge order books

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Euro shows its strength as Ireland, Italy, EIB pull huge order books

Ireland, Italy and the European Investment Bank sold Eu16bn of bonds in euros in three days this week, confounding sceptics who had argued that the euro triple-A bond market’s closure for over two months during the summer’s liquidity crisis showed that it was immature and illiquid compared with dollars.

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