HALISTER1: Other Rating Co.’s Should Follow S&P in Cutting Brazil: Natixis

Other Rating Co.’s Should Follow S&P in Cutting Brazil: Natixis

(Bloomberg) -- S&P’s downgrade shows that rating cos. are not willing to give Latin American countries the benefit of the doubt anymore, director Juan Carlos Rodado said by phone from New York.
  • BRL has been stable due to central bank’s interventions, otherwise it would be weaker, Rodado says
  • “The mood is extremely pessimistic among investors due to the external context”
  • NOTE: Earlier today, Brazil’s Credit Rating Cut Further Into Junk Territory by S&P; Link to story
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