Spain’s national treasurer, Gloria Hernández García, was caught in a rather embarrassing fix at a conference last month.
Speaking to an audience of journalists, bankers and other officials in Barcelona, Hernández described the impressive moves Spain has made to improve its sovereign issuance. Reforms such as setting up dealer groups and using electronic platforms for distribution have helped to improve liquidity, on top of successful macroeconomic measures to control inflation and improve the public-debt-to-GDP ratio.
And this hard work by the eurozone’s fourth-largest sovereign borrower has been rewarded, as Moody’s upgraded the country’s debt to Aaa back in December.
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