Investor Confidence in Austrian Issues Remains Very High

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: August 3, 2012; 16:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria’s government and corporate sectors are still able to borrow at historically low rates, the loss of the triple A sovereign rating notwithstanding.

Investor Confidence in Austrian Issues Remains Very High / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Austrian economy enjoys unbroken confidence among international investors and remains basically unaffected by the downgrade by Standard & Poor’s of Austria’s credit rating from AAA status in January 2012. Like some other sovereigns, the Austrian government is even receiving marginal revenue on its issues of short-term government bonds thanks to its high creditworthiness, as…