Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Country Risk: Eurozone’s triple-A woes continue
Decision by S&P to put Europe’s sovereigns on negative outlook backed up by steady decline in country risk scores.
S&P’s decision to put the Triple-A ratings of Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on a negative outlook this week has brought angry responses from the French and German governments. But S&P’s politically charged move is backed up by the steady decline of country risk scores for each of the Eurozone’s remaining Triple-A rated sovereigns since September 2008.
Economists have reduced country risk scores for these countries by an average of 7.5 points out of a possible...
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