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New rescue plans are unlikely to save the euro

Talk of radical new measures to bail out highly indebted euro-zone governments and shore up banks throughout the region suggests that policymakers might finally be considering the bold steps that would be required to save the euro. But the plans might not ever come to fruition and, even if they do, they do not address all of the fundamental problems facing the most indebted economies.

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