France has reacted with anger after a major ratings agency on Thursday (10 November) accidently suggested it had downgraded its credit rating status, temporarily putting the country in a situation it has been desperately fighting to avoid.
French finance minister Francois Baroin demanded an inquiry by both the European financial markets authority and national markets regulator AMF.
Calling it a "quite shocking rumour without any basis", Baroin said the investigation should look i...
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