Wednesday, July 6, 2011

now Portugal's public bonds are downgraded to junk status


If Greece wasn't enough...rating agency Moody's has downgraded Portugal government bonds status to "speculative", i.e. junk, and says it will need a second "plan d'assistance financière", i.e. bailout to meet its ongoing international obligations.

Well that should see a further weakening of the Euro.  No-one seems to think the situation of Greece and Portugal is temporary.  The hope is that it won't spread further.

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