Testo integrale: S&P taglia rating a BBB+/A-2, outlook negativo

MILANO, 13 gennaio (Reuters)

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

– We are lowering our unsolicited long-term rating on Italy by two notches to ‘BBB+’ from ‘A’ and the short-term rating to ‘A-2′ from ‘A-1′.

– The downgrade reflects what we view as Italy’s increasing vulnerabilities to external financing risks and the negative implications these could have for economic growth and hence public finances. We believe the external financingrisks are exacerbated by deepening political, financial, and monetary problems within the eurozone.

– The outlook on the long-term rating is negative.

Jan 13 – Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it lowered its unsolicited long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Italy to ‘BBB+’ from ‘A’. At the same time, we lowered the unsolicited short-term sovereign credit rating to ‘A-2′ from ‘A-1′. We also removed the ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed on Dec. 5, 2011. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative.