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Pressure on the euro eased, on hopes that the presence of the EU's senior economic policymaker would appease the markets.

The euro eased 0.4 percent against the dollar, to $1.3367, having touched a six-month high of $1.3452 on Tuesday, and sterling briefly hit a two-month high of $1.5697 against the dollar when a business survey showed an improvement in British factory orders.

The euro eased to $1.2371, not far from last week's low of $1.2335, a break of which could usher in a further correction after its rally to a 3-year high of $1.2538 late last month.

Borrowing costs in euros eased last week after huge central bank cash injections, but they remain far higher than normal, and at some point banks will have to pass the borrowing costs on to corporate customers.

Lending between banks in euros eased to 5.30%, from 5.36% on Friday, and in British sterling, to 6.27%, from 6.29%.

Inflation in the euro zone eased to 2.5% in the year to February from 2.7% in January, when the introduction of the euro encouraged some firms to round up their prices.

The euro has eased against the dollar recently, but it is still up by 35% over the past two years.

The immediate crisis in the euro zone eased last week when Spanish and Portuguese bond auctions were more successful than expected.

However, the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence was higher than expected in June.Concerns over inflation in the euro area eased.

Inflation in the euro zone eased slightly to 2.1percentt in December, edging closer to the European Central Bank's 2.0percenttolerancece threshold, data from Eurostat showed.

The bank's promise to buy government bonds from Spain and other countries if requested, and Mr. Draghi's promise to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, have eased fears that the currency union could break up.