Downgrade costs Belgium at auction
Belgium managed to auction €2bn of new paper on Monday morning despite a credit rating downgrade on Friday night. Some of Europe’s worst hit sovereign markets saw yields and spreads against Germany tighten on hopes that the IMF was building a rescue package for Italy and Spain.
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