Euro € - Five economic tests have not started yet

UK - Chancellor Gordon Brown has quashed speculation that assessment of the five tests necessary for Britain's entry in the single currency have already begun and narrowly avoided a 'banana skin' during a BBC radio interview on 18 June.

The government's economic assessment of whether Britain should join the euro-zone is likely to remain shrouded in secrecy until the results are published.

The Treasury is not expected to announce that the assessment has begun, according to officials.The government

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