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# downgrade - Monday 30 April, 2012

From Business ETC Spain

Record unemployment, rating downgrade and now Spain is back in recession

30/04/12 699 Views 6 Comments

Spanish banks are now discussing creating a private entity to assume control of their toxic assets though there would be no taxpayer involvement in such a creation.

# downgrade - Friday 27 April, 2012

From Business ETC Recession

Bad day for Spain: Record unemployment AND a credit downgrade

27/04/12 1,904 Views 31 Comments

Almost one quarter of the workforce is unemployed, according to the latest figures out today.

# downgrade - Thursday 15 March, 2012

From Business ETC Credit Ratings

Fitch downgrades UK outlook to negative

15/03/12 751 Views 1 Comment

The nation has held onto its AAA rating but has been warned it could lose its top rating if cut-backs are eased.

# downgrade - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

S&P downgrades Greece into ‘selective default’ territory

28/02/12 1,498 Views 11 Comments

The ratings agency demonstrates it can read, by officially acknowledging that Greece’s bond-swap is a ‘selective default’.

# downgrade - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

Interest rates plunge as Italy raises €6 billion in new auction

14/02/12 3,023 Views 19 Comments

What downgrade? Italy flogs billions in 12-year bonds with interest rates falling dramatically on a similar bond last month.

From Business ETC Credit Rating

Moody’s downgrades six European countries – and warns of more to come

14/02/12 2,254 Views 15 Comments

France and the UK were both warned that they could lose their coveted AAA credit rating.

# downgrade - Monday 13 February, 2012

From Business ETC Downgraded

Two ratings agencies downgrade Spanish banks

13/02/12 2,132 Views 8 Comments

Fitch cut the ratings on four of Spain’s financial institutions – while S&P downgraded 15.

# downgrade - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

From Business ETC EFSF

EU bailout fund overcomes downgrade with successful bond auction

17/01/12 95 Views No Comments

The EFSF sells six-month bills with an average interest rate of 0.2664 per cent – despite being downgraded yesterday.

From Business ETC Bondwatch

Spain raises nearly €5bn in successful short-term bond auction

17/01/12 864 Views 4 Comments

Spain sees the interest rate for 12-month bonds fall significantly, while Belgium has mixed results in an auction of its own.

# downgrade - Monday 16 January, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

Bailout costs likely to rise after S&P downgrades EU fund

16/01/12 1,726 Views 11 Comments

Standard & Poor’s downgrades the European Financial Stability Fund, meaning our future loans will probably cost us more.

From Business ETC Bond Markets

Back with a bang: ECB bought €3.77 billion of bonds last week

16/01/12 2,225 Views 7 Comments

After slowly winding down its programme of hoovering up eurozone debt, the ECB was called back into action in a big way.

From Business ETC Moody's

Safe: Moody’s says it will maintain France’s AAA rating

16/01/12 1,145 Views 6 Comments

It follows Standard & Poor’s downgrade of France and others on Friday.

From Business ETC Markets

Markets dip over eurozone worries after S&P downgrades

16/01/12 1,027 Views 4 Comments

The ratings agency said it doesn’t believe European leaders are doing enough to tackle the ongoing crisis.

# downgrade - Sunday 15 January, 2012

From Business ETC Eurozone

Standard & Poor’s defends mass European downgrade

15/01/12 2,513 Views 15 Comments

The US-based credit rating agency has defended its decision after a sharp European backlash yesterday against its move to downgrade nine EU countries.

# downgrade - Saturday 14 January, 2012

From Business ETC Eurozone

Rehn slams ‘inconsistent’ credit rating downgrade

14/01/12 2,460 Views 15 Comments

The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary affairs has strongly criticised yesterday’s decision by Standard & Poor’s, saying that member states had been taking “decisive action in all fronts” to stem the debt crisis.

# downgrade - Friday 13 January, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

S&P runs riot in the eurozone: France loses AAA rating as Portugal turns to junk

13/01/12 7,743 Views 77 Comments

A French downgrade is bad news for us, too – because Europe’s bailout fund is also likely to be downgraded by S&P.

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The Daily Fix: Friday

13/01/12 3,952 Views 1 Comment

In tonight’s fix: Downgrades for France – and difficulty for us? Plus: yet more rows over septic tanks, victory for workers at La Senza, and every presentation you’ve ever seen…

# downgrade - Thursday 29 December, 2011

From Business ETC Review 2011 This post contains images

Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario – 2011: the year in money

29/12/11 1,301 Views 5 Comments

2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.

# downgrade - Monday 12 December, 2011

From Business ETC Credit Ratings

Second ratings agency set to downgrade EU member states

12/12/11 1,156 Views 14 Comments

Moody’s follows the lead of Standard & Poor’s, complaining about “the absence of measures to stabilise credit markets”.

# downgrade - Friday 9 December, 2011

From Business ETC Downgrade

Three top French banks downgraded by Moody’s

09/12/11 1,072 Views 10 Comments

The ratings agency says the ongoing euro crisis means the eurozone is a “fragile operating environment for European banks” at the moment.

# downgrade - Wednesday 19 October, 2011

From Business ETC Debt Crisis

Moody’s downgrades Spain’s credit rating

19/10/11 196 Views 6 Comments

European leaders are feeling the pressure today as Spain becomes the latest country to experience a credit rating downgrade.

# downgrade - Friday 7 October, 2011

From Business ETC Downgrade

UK and Portuguese banks downgraded by Moody’s

07/10/11 414 Views 14 Comments

Twelve banks in the UK and nine in Portugal have been downgraded after Moody’s reassessed the financial institutions’ support environment.

# downgrade - Tuesday 20 September, 2011

From Business ETC Italy

Italy’s credit rating slashed by Standard and Poor’s

20/09/11 362 Views 6 Comments

The agency said a “weakening” economy and fragile government were putting the country at risk.

# downgrade - Tuesday 23 August, 2011

From Business ETC Power Struggle

S&P boss steps down, weeks after unprecedented US downgrade

23/08/11 271 Views 6 Comments

Deven Sharma, the president of Standard & Poor’s, will step down within a month after facing criticism for lowering the US’s rating.

# downgrade - Tuesday 16 August, 2011

From Business ETC Fitch

Fitch: We’re not going to remove the US’s AAA rating

16/08/11 94 Views 2 Comments

Fitch and Moody’s say they’ll be letting Standard & Poor’s go on a solo run – with two of the three agencies refusing to downgrade.

# downgrade - Saturday 13 August, 2011

From Business ETC Ratings Agency

How did ratings agencies become so powerful? Trains and recessions, that’s how

13/08/11 795 Views 10 Comments

In the aftermath of the debt downgrade, people are wondering how S&P and the likes became so powerful. Here’s the answer.

# downgrade - Friday 12 August, 2011

From Business ETC Insider Trading

US markets watchdog investigating alleged insider trading at S&P

12/08/11 246 Views 4 Comments

The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly asking Standard & Poor’s to account for anyone who knew about the US downgrade.

# downgrade - Monday 8 August, 2011

From Business ETC In The Red

Dow disaster: 632-point drop is the 6th-worst in history

08/08/11 953 Views 1 Comment

The Dow Jones ends its day deep in the red, as the S&P loses 6.6 per cent and the NASDAQ sheds nearly 7 per cent of its value.

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Take 5: Monday

08/08/11 2,041 Views 7 Comments

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From Business ETC Markets

US markets continue nosedive as investors dump shares for bonds

08/08/11 613 Views 4 Comments

The US bond market responds brilliantly to the S&P downgrade, but the world’s stock markets are the obvious victims.

# downgrade - Monday 25 July, 2011

From Business ETC Greece

Greek debt rating cut as Moody’s warns of default

25/07/11 252 Views 7 Comments

The likelihood of a Greek debt default “is virtually 100 per cent”, according to the atings agency.

# downgrade - Tuesday 5 July, 2011

From Business ETC Downgraded

Moody’s downgrades Portugal to junk

05/07/11 373 Views 19 Comments

Fears of a second bailout mean the outlook on Portuguese debt isn’t so good…

# downgrade - Friday 24 June, 2011

From Business ETC Anger Management

Ratings agency gets Moody on Anglo… again

24/06/11 241 Views 5 Comments

Unguaranteed bonds in Anglo and Irish Nationwide now lie eight notches below the junk threshold.

# downgrade - Tuesday 14 June, 2011

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The 9 at 9: Tuesday

14/06/11 1,190 Views 6 Comments

Nine things to know this morning, including: the funeral of the late Brian Lenihan; Greece has lowest-rated credit in the world; and what women really want…

# downgrade - Tuesday 10 May, 2011

From Business ETC Ratings

Moody’s warns of Irish downgrade risk due to eurozone troubles

10/05/11 606 Views 8 Comments

Credit ratings agency says that commitments to avoid Ireland defaulting could change with developments in other debt-laden eurozone countries.

# downgrade - Monday 18 April, 2011

From Business ETC US Economy

US debt downgraded to ‘negative’

18/04/11 518 Views No Comments

Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has downgraded its outlook for the US to negative on fears country may not be able to address long-term debt issues.

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