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S&P maintains Spain’s rating at A with Stable outlook and France’s at AA-

Bankinter | S&P maintained Spain’s rating at A with a long-term Stable outlook. The agency considers Spain to be one of the fastest growing OECD economies (projecting around +2% over the next four years). The maintenance of the stable outlook was based on the fact that it considers the risks to be balanced over the next two years. Despite this, the rating agency pointed out that public debt and unemployment…


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Chancellor Osborne strains UK’s special relationship with ratings agencies

LONDON | It was inevitable. The UK woke up Thursday saddled by a 50/50 chance of losing the maximum award of its national borrowing capabilities. After all, as Santander analysts poke out of Fitch Ratings’ statement over its outlook downgrade of the triple A, which British sovereign bonds still hold, the growing public debt to GDP ratio is set to approach the edge of the top-gun category. The figures came…