Sunday, May 30, 2010

Spain Loses AAA Rating at Fitch as Europe Battles Debt Crisis

By Esteban Duarte and Emma Ross-Thomas

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Spain lost its AAA credit grade at Fitch Ratings as Europe battles a debt crisis that’s prompted policy makers to forge an almost $1 trillion bailout package for the region’s weakest economies.

The ratings company cut the grade one step yesterday to AA+ and assigned it a “stable” outlook, according to a statement from London. Spain has held the top rating at Fitch since 2003. Standard & Poor’s lowered Spain’s ratings to AA on April 28. Read more

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