| Euro-zone governments could make a windfall gain of about E6bn if their citizens fail to
exchange all of their national currencies for euro notes and coins, according to a new report.
A study by two academics forecasts that the windfall profit will emerge because large numbers of
people will forget or not bother to return old currency to banks before the deadline for conversion
to euros.
A large part of unreturned currency are likely to be coins forgotten in piggy banks or not changed
because of their low value. |