Standard&Poor's, one of the leading US-based ratings agencies, on Friday (20 December) downgraded EU's rating by one notch to AA+, citing concerns over how the bloc's budget was funded.
"In our opinion, the overall creditworthiness of the now 28 European Union member states has declined," Standard&Poor's said in a note to investors.
Last month, it downgraded the Netherlands, one of the few remaining triple-A rated EU countries. In the eurozone, only Germany, Luxembourg and Finlan...
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