Finland going Bankrupt?

[kalmisto]

Finland is now the last eurozone country to hold a triple -A credit rating. So, why are things so rosy in the Scandinavian state ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 85014.html

[Pursuivant]

[Karhunkoski]

Finland is now the last eurozone country to hold a triple -A credit rating.

You sure about that?

[Upphew]

Finland is now the last eurozone country to hold a triple -A credit rating.

You sure about that?

Germany, Netherlands and Lichtenstein have triple A too, but their rating is likely to go down.

[enkeligod]

Not to forget Greede, Spain and Italy are also having triple A ratings from their lenders

[Oombongo]

Would we be in this mess if we have had our own currencies like old times?

[Rip]

Would we be in this mess if we have had our own currencies like old times?

No. Maybe some other mess, but not this one, and hardly this bad or wide one.

[kalmisto]

Finland is now the last eurozone country to hold a triple -A credit rating.

You sure about that?

I was just quoting the headline in The Independent.

And it is here in The Guardian also : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcu ... e-triple-a

and the New Statesman :
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/e ... ades-euro-

[Tiwaz]

Look up more carefully. The Guardian "triple A STABLE".
There are other AAA-countries in the eurozone, but they are now carrying burden of having their outlook turned to negative, meaning Moody's considers it possible/likely that they fall from AAA somewhere in relatively near future.

[kalmisto]

Look up more carefully. The Guardian "triple A STABLE".
There are other AAA-countries in the eurozone, but they are now carrying burden of having their outlook turned to negative, meaning Moody's considers it possible/likely that they fall from AAA somewhere in relatively near future.

Thanks for pointing that out !

The subheadline in the Independent article reads :
"Finland is now the last eurozone country to hold a triple-A credit rating: So why are things so rosy.....?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 85014.html

It should have read "the last eurozone country to hold a STEADY triple-A credit rating". I took also a look at the articles in the Guardian and the New Statesman but not closely enough.

[Karhunkoski]

It should have read "the last eurozone country to hold a STEADY triple-A credit rating".

Exactly kalmisto

The author:

Holly Williams is an arts and features writer

probably doesn't understand what a treble A rating is anyway

http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/holly-williams

[kalmisto]

"Finland looks down across eurozone with mix of pride and anxiety" :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012 ... de-anxiety