Jornais europeus dizem que Portugal está a ser arrastado pela Grécia

Jornais europeus dizem que Portugal está a ser arrastado pela Grécia
Economia

Aos olhos do mundo, Portugal está a ser arrastado pela crise Grega. A notícia vem em todos os jornais, com Portugal a ser identificado como alvo dos mercados mas há, pelo menos, uma excepção à regra.
rtp.pt | 2010-04-28

Portugal também já arde, diz Financial Times alemão

Portugal também já arde, diz Financial Times alemão

A edição alemã do Financial Times abre hoje com um retrato negro da crise nacional. Com o título "Portugal também já arde", o jornal económico escreve que os piores receios parecem ter-se concretizado depois de a agência Standard & Poor's ter cortado dois níveis no rating de longo prazo do país, de A+ para A-, e do principal índice da bolsa portuguesa, o PSI 20, ter registado a maior queda desde Outubro de 2008 quando ontem fechou a perder 5,36%.

"Temendo a falência do país mais pobre da Europa Ocidental, os investidores fugiram em massa dos títulos portugueses", escreve o Financial Times, dizendo ainda que a dívida coloca a bandeira portuguesa "a meia haste."
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FOREX-Euro resumes declines after S&P downgrades Spain

FOREX-Euro resumes declines after S&P downgrades Spain

* Euro resumes declines, hits one-year low

* S&P downgrades Spain's credit rating

* IMF sees aid to Greece worth 100 bln-120 bln euros

(Reuters)

The euro resumed declines against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday and hit a one-year low after Standard & Poor's downgraded Spain's credit rating, snapping earlier bursts of optimism that had put single currency in see-saw trade.

S&P cut its ratings on Spain by one notch to AA from AA-plus, citing a more protracted period of sluggish economic growth than previously expected. The outlook for the country is also negative.

News of an imminent aid package to debt-stricken Greece helped the euro earlier, but the credit downgrade renewed risk aversion on investor worries that the euro zone debt crisis is spreading. The downgrade on Spain came just one day after S&P had slashed its ratings on Portugal.

Analysts said the downgrades on Portugal and Spain reflect wider credit risks in the euro zone, which could create cracks in the euro system and further batter the single currency.

"There's no upside potential for the euro right now, seriously" said Win Thin, a currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York.

"Any aid package now will come in too late," he said. "If the help had arrived a couple of months earlier, it would have prevented the situation from deteriorating further not only in Greece but in other countries such as Portugal and Spain."

In late morning trading in New York, the euro was 0.2 percent lower at $1.3140 [EUR=], after hitting a one-year low at $1.3114, on electronic trading platform EBS.

Earlier, the euro rose as high as $1.3268 on news a euro zone/International Monetary Fund aid package for Greece was imminent and may be worth more than previously expected.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2821497220100428