Duitsland, Frankrijk, Nederland, Oostenrijk, Finland en Luxemburg dreigen hun AAA-rating van S&P te verliezen. De kredietbeoordelaar zet de 6 landen op ‘credit watch negative’, bericht de Financial Times maandagavond. Indien het bericht klopt, dan is de kans 50 procent dat de rating binnen 90 dagen echt wordt verlaagd.
Van FT.com
"Standard and Poor’s has warned Germany and the five other triple A members of the eurozone that they risk having their top-notch ratings downgraded as a result of deepening economic and political turmoil in the single currency bloc. The US ratings agency is poised to announce later on Monday that it is putting Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg on “creditwatch negative”, meaning there is a one-in-two chance of a downgrade within 90 days. It warned all six governments that their ratings could be lowered to AA+ if the creditwatch review failed to convince its experts. Markets have been braced for a potential downgrade of France but few expected Germany’s top rating to be called into question.
De timing van het nieuws is bijzonder ongelukkig. Vrijdag 9 december vind cruciaal Europees overleg plaats over de schuldencrisis en de financiering van het EFSF-fonds verloopt zeer moeizaam. Volgens het FT heeft S&P de zes Europese regeringen al op de hoogte gesteld.