#junk status
# junk-status - Friday 13 July, 2012
Moody's downgrades Italy by two notches
The credit rating agency has downgraded the third largest eurozone economy just hours ahead of its latest bond sale.
# junk-status - Monday 5 March, 2012
Moody's expects Ireland to require partial second bailout
The only ratings agency to rank Ireland at ‘junk’ status says Ireland will have difficulty getting back to the markets.
# junk-status - Friday 6 January, 2012
# junk-status - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario - 2011: the year in money
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.
# junk-status - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
European Commission slams "incomprehensible" Moody's downgrade
Jose Manuel Barroso’s spokesman says the Commission can’t understand why Moody’s is taking such a dim view.
Poll: Who do you believe… Moody’s or Michael Noonan?
The credit rating agency says Ireland will probably need a second bailout, while the Department of Finance says the economic plan is on track. Who to believe?…
Irish bond prices rocket - again - on 'junk' downgrade
If Ireland borrowed for two years, it would have to pay 18.6 per cent interest – 14 times what Germany would.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things to know this morning…
Department of Finance 'disappointed' by Ireland's junk status
Moody’s decision to downgrade appears to indicate we’ll need a second bailout.
# junk-status - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
Moody's downgrades Portugal to junk
Fears of a second bailout mean the outlook on Portuguese debt isn’t so good…