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S&P Downgrades Italy From BBB+ From BBB; Full "Puffery" Statement
Just more meangingless drivel form a clueless, paid for rating agency (which recently disclosed it would plead "puffery" in its defense against the US lawsuit) now that the ECB is intent on actually lowering the EURUSD, because unlike last year, there is no (immediate) fear of redenomination risk as a result of a sliding EURUSD. Thank you Japanese carry trade.
As a reminder, "S&P said in its request to dismiss the case that the government can’t base its fraud claims on S&P’s assertions that its ratings were independent, objective and free of conflicts of interest because U.S. courts have found that such vague and generalized statements are the kind of “puffery” that a reasonable investor wouldn’t rely on."
So, if anyone cares what today's puffery is all about, here is the full statement.
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Because of the decline of Bunga Bunga parties we see a disappointing decline in activity to repay debt. These parties accounted for nearly 30% of the country's GDP.
It's puffery because the country stil carries an investment grade rating.
http://dareconomics.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/around-the-globe-07-09-2013/
You mean S&P is still in business?
S&P = Shit & Piss
Moody's downgraded Hong Kong the day after it allowed Snowden to leave. Moody's downgraded Russia's 3 top lenders yesterday. The rating agencies are instruments of US foreign policy. What did Italy do to displease its masters?
Moody’s cut by a notch the ratings of Russia’s state lending giants – Sberbank and VTB – with Russian Agricultural Bank seeing a two notch downgrade. The agency said the Russian government was less prepared to back the lenders than it was in 2007 - 08.
Moody’s rating service downgraded the long-term senior debt and deposit ratings of Russia’s key state lender Sberbank (to Baa1 from A3), Bank VTB and VTB24 (to Baa2 from Baa1) and Russian Agricultural Bank (to Baa3 from Baa1). The outlook for these ratings is stable.
http://rt.com/business/moody's-sberbnak-vtb-rosselkhozbank-767/
Yes because we all believe and follow a ratings firm on Wall Streets take that rated MBS toxic crap as AAA......you should post Egan-Jones ratings side by side Tyler, which I am actually curious to know what it currently is for Italy.
Didn´t Egan Jones get prohibited from issuing any for like 18months after they had the audacity to downgrade the US?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-22/sec-bars-egan-jones-rating-us-a...
I guess this means that the European periphery debt and indexes are set to rally tomorrow. Why not.... it's not like economic fundementals matter anymore.
BBB for 'buy buy buy'?
BBB for 'buy buy buy'?
Bunga, Bunga, Bunga!
your honor, clearly we have very little credibility, and, frankly, anyone who would listen to us is an idiot.
They could have said that we are lying, thieving bastards who are always up for sale to the highest bidder but they are allergic to the truth.
OT but enlightening from former FEDHEAD
"The word 'money' is never said in our office [and] probably not by the staff at the Fed," he added. "Money doesn't appear in any modern macro model. We have got to get over that, OK? We're beyond that now."
"real growth averaging minus 0.04%."
That looks puffery at its best, whatever that means
What difference does it make ?
Lower Euro benefits Germany, Merkel takes credit for increased GDP. Bernanke prints to keep S+P rising... where is the problem. This is great policy by the desperate Keynesians.
Bernanke is a genius.... it is us peons that just don't get it.
So front run the ECB and buy Italian bonds...got it.
Seems you have a direct line to frankfurtsupermario...NSA'd by angela .....
Why don't they downgrade the USSA? Oh wait ... they are on Washington's payroll.
The last time S&P downgraded USA, its CEO, Deven Sharma, was quickly fired. That lesson has not been lost on other CEOs. The USA will not be downgraded again. Welcome to the land of the free, home of the brave.
Standard & Poor's said its president is stepping down, capping two weeks of controversy following the rating agency's downgrade of U.S. government debt on Aug. 5 that sparked a row with the Treasury.
S&P's parent McGraw-Hill Companies Inc, said on Tuesday Deven Sharma, who has served as S&P president since 2007, will be succeeded on Sept. 12 by Citibank Chief Operating Officer Douglas Peterson.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/idINIndia-58914820110823
Re: "The USA will not be downgraded again."
Hence USD "strengthyness." Pardon me if I head for the exit.
Just downgrade to junk already!
downgrade the world, the global economy is fucking shit.
yet, looking at the ponzi scheme u.s market, u would think this is a golden age.
The only rating that matters is the rating (+/-) you put on your own investment strategies. The other stuff is data of some sort, usually late to an alert investor.
same as schettino... the titanic is sinking, slowly but surely
Puffery is everywhere, even in the courts.
Solo BBB???
"a decade of real growth averaging minus 0.404%
How can they refer to that as "growth"?
"a decade of real growth averaging minus 0.404%
I love it that they're using three decimal places! At ten years out!!
Thems must be some damn smart boys!
Negative growth. Kind of like a flaccid hard-on.
my first wife was BBB+.
When a government seizes all the means of production, we call it Socialism. But when a government seeks to seize all the means of communication, including the press, acceptable religious worship, financial news, and rating agencies, we don't have a proper term for it.
On the bright side Latvia was upgraded from BBB to BBB+ by Fitch for... oh... joining the euro.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/09/fitch-upgrades-latvia-to-bbb-o...
It's like jumping from a life-raft back onto the titanic.
My advice for Latvians, all 2 million of them... don't through those Lats away just yet.
latvians are not fools , they change their paper at www.tavex.lv