S&P Upgrades Austrian Sovereign Bonds

Politics ♦ Published: January 29, 2013; 16:58 ♦ (Vindobona)

Finance Minister Maria Fekter on Standard and Poor's upgrade: "We are on the right path and our measures are showing results".

S&P Upgrades Austrian Sovereign Bonds / Picture: © Wikipedia / Imalipusram

One year ago, the U.S. rating agency has downgraded Austria´s creditworthiness from “AAA” to “AA+”. Austria did not get back its top rating yet. However, the outlook was upgraded from “negative” to “stable”.

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