EFSF races to €5bn despite Italian downgrade
The EFSF raced through a €5bn seven year deal on Wednesday, encountering no resistance arising from Standard & Poor’s downgrade of Italy, one of its guarantors. The deal means the EFSF has raised 38% of its €13bn funding requirement for the quarter in its first deal of the period.
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