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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH - Tuesday, 17 January 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)34. ECB’s Draghi Questions Role of Ratings Companies After S&P Downgrades
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-16/draghi-says-europe-should-rely-less-on-assessments-of-ratings-companies.html
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said investors largely priced in the euro-area sovereign downgrades from Standard & Poors and questioned the importance of ratings companies.
I will never comment on ratings as such, but certainly one needs to ask how important are these ratings for the marketplace overall, for investors? Draghi said late yesterday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It seems to a great extent markets have anticipated these ratings changes and priced them in. We should learn to do without ratings, or at least we should learn to assess creditworthiness with less reliance on the ratings companies, he said.
S&P stripped France and Austria of their top ratings on Jan. 13 and cut seven other euro countries in a move that left Germany with the blocs only stable AAA grade. In an echo of the rally in Treasuries following S&Ps lowering of the U.S. sovereign rating in August, investors shrugged off the judgment on Europe, with Frances borrowing costs dropping at its latest debt sale.
France sold 1.895 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of one-year notes yesterday at a yield of 0.406 percent, down from 0.454 percent on Jan. 9. The Treasury sold a total of 8.59 billion euros in bills, including three and six-month paper. Yields fell on both.
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said investors largely priced in the euro-area sovereign downgrades from Standard & Poors and questioned the importance of ratings companies.
I will never comment on ratings as such, but certainly one needs to ask how important are these ratings for the marketplace overall, for investors? Draghi said late yesterday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It seems to a great extent markets have anticipated these ratings changes and priced them in. We should learn to do without ratings, or at least we should learn to assess creditworthiness with less reliance on the ratings companies, he said.
S&P stripped France and Austria of their top ratings on Jan. 13 and cut seven other euro countries in a move that left Germany with the blocs only stable AAA grade. In an echo of the rally in Treasuries following S&Ps lowering of the U.S. sovereign rating in August, investors shrugged off the judgment on Europe, with Frances borrowing costs dropping at its latest debt sale.
France sold 1.895 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of one-year notes yesterday at a yield of 0.406 percent, down from 0.454 percent on Jan. 9. The Treasury sold a total of 8.59 billion euros in bills, including three and six-month paper. Yields fell on both.
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