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It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.

You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.

I do have a fundamental concern about us losing control of our own destiny, and this is not just about the euro. You can expand and extend it into the whole constitutional issue. The British people have been suckered with regard to how the whole currency and constitutional issues have been sold to them.

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

Foreign trade clearly has been a reason why inflation has been low.

But I would bet that the euro continues to exist and that its importance as a global currency will likely increase.

Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency.