Greece heads deeper into the mire

The dramatic market reaction to the downgrade of Greece’s credit rating from A- to BBB+ by Fitch today partly reflected concerns that Greek banks may in the future be unable to use Government bonds as collateral to obtain funds from the ECB. Whether or not such fears prove justified, the downgrade further underlined Greece’s dreadful fiscal position and the correspondingly weak outlook for the economy.

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