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Moody's Loses Its Mind, Decides Finland Is More Creditworthy Than Germany

From slate.com

In what I can only imagine was a fit of insanity, Moody's has decided to lower the outlook for Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg and leave Finland—plucky little Finland—as the sole eurozone member with a stable Aaa rating. Why? Well they gave Germany a negative outlook because of "rising uncertainty regarding the outcome of the euro area debt crisis" and the "rising contingent liabilities" that the Germans are taking on as a result of this. But of course Finland is also affected by that. But Moody's says it's fine because of "its small and domestically oriented banking system, its limited exposure to, and ... (full story)

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