Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research

Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating

Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research
Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating
Published Mar 08, 2010
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The Icelandic electorate's resounding rejection at a referendum of legislation to compensate the governments of The Netherlands and the United Kingdom for their deposit insurance outlays on failed Icelandic internet bank Icesave has no immediate effect on the sovereign ratings. We are keeping our 'BBB-/A-3' foreign currency ratings and our 'BBB+/A-2' local currency ratings on Iceland on CreditWatch with negative implications. We expect to resolve the CreditWatch status when we obtain greater clarity on the availability of external financing. FRANKFURT (Standard&Poor's) March 8, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it was keeping its 'BBB-/A-3' long- and short-term foreign currency ratings and its 'BBB+/A-2' long- and short-term local currency ratings on the Republic of Iceland on CreditWatch,

  
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RESEARCH Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating Publication date: 08-Mar-2010 Primary Credit Analyst: Moritz Kraemer, Frankfurt (49) 69-33-99-9249; moritz_kraemer@standardandpoo...

  
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Ticker
1171Z@IR
Issuer
Iceland (Republic of)
Sector
Global Issuers
Country
Iceland
Region
Europe, Middle East, Africa
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S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research. "Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating" Mar 08, 2010. Alacra Store. May 06, 2025. <http://www.alacrastore.com/s-and-p-credit-research/Icelanders-Referendum-Rejection-Of-Plan-To-Repay-Icesave-Debt-Has-No-Immediate-Impact-On-Iceland-Sovereign-Rating-780128>
  
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