Finance Matters

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today downgraded its rating on Greece’s long-term debt by two notches to BB- from BB+, taking the nation’s debt deeper into junk status. The downgrade comes shortly after Moody’s cut Greece’s rating to B1, one notch below S&P’s new rating. The downgrade is a further blow to the euro zone as [...]

Spain has been dealt a further blow today after Moody’s ratings agency cut the country’s debt by one notch to Aa2 from Aa1. In a statement, the agency said: “(Moody’s) believes there is a meaningful risk that the eventual cost of the recapitalisation effort could considerably exceed the government’s current projections.” The downgrade comes just [...]