Moody's downgrades Portugal four notches to junk status

Portuguese bond yields rise after Moody's downgrade

Comment by: Anonymous. Posted 12 years ago [2011-07-07 01:24:23]

The next shoe to drop will be the downgrade of Portuguese banks to the sovereign level or below followed by the impact on structured deals in Portugal. It's an open question whether the mechanics built into structured transactions to replace downgraded counterparties and account banks will work as planned. I'm betting "no".