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The European single currency slid for another day versus most of the 16 main trades ones in forex markets as Greece and the EU are exchanging accusations towards each other regarding the southern country budget crisis and how it should be solved, shunning investors from the Eurozone.

The euro lost versus against most of the main traded currencies this Wednesday as Greek budget deficit was once again hitting the headlines of European news, decreasing appetite for the bloc’s single currency, as currencies tied to growth topped the performance rank in forex markets today.

The euro had just started the week gaining versus the dollar and the yen as the negative sentiment regarding the Greek crisis slowly fades, but after comments coming from Greece that the fiscal crisis in the country may spread to other countries, the EU’s single currency went down again.

The European single currency posted its first day of decline versus the greenback this week after the regional financial regulator affirmed that some of its stimulus to help the economy to recover will last for as long as they are necessary, declining optimism towards the Eurozone.

The euro profited today after Greece announced several measures to tighten its massive budget deficit, allowing the confidence towards the Eurozone and making the euro to rank among the best performers in currency markets today.

The euro emerged versus several important currencies as Greece will propose a strategy to solve its budget deficit crisis, declining pessimism among investors to purchase assets in the Eurozone.

The euro had the sharpest gains today this week as speculations that Greece will be bailed out by public lenders associated with worse than expected real state data in the U.S. were supportive for a corrective movement on the euro’s charts.

The euro has just touched a new record low for 2010 versus the greenback and the yen on speculations that Greece will suffer its first credit downgrade this year, which would follow the two previously suffered last year as the southern European nation started to agonize with its growing budget deficits.

The euro started another week losing versus its main rivals as traders’ confidence towards investments in the region continued to fall, considering that no concrete solution was proposed to end the fiscal crisis affecting several countries using the single currency.

The outlook for the European currency is perhaps the worst since its introduction in 1999, as disparities among Eurozone members’ financial structure is likely to decline the appeal for the currency even further, since measures to bring budget deficits to the ECB’s target are likely to set several countries into a longer recession.