Ciao Mark
appunto, evitiamolo.
Dallo sfogatoio allo sfigatoio il passo è brevissimo,
basta tornare indietro di una vocale.
Concordo...
Intanto, per chi volesse aggiornarsi sull'impatto del referendum sulle negoziazioni correnti fra gli islandesi, il FMI, i paesi nordici e l'UK e l'NL, torna utile questo comunicato stampa di S&P...
Icelanders' Referendum Rejection Of Plan To Repay Icesave Debt Has No Immediate Impact On Iceland Sovereign Rating
- The Icelandic electorate's resounding rejection at a referendum of
legislation to compensate the governments of The Netherlands and the
United Kingdom for their deposit insurance outlays on failed Icelandic
internet bank Icesave has no immediate effect on the sovereign ratings.
- We are keeping our 'BBB-/A-3' foreign currency ratings and our 'BBB+/A-2'
local currency ratings on Iceland on CreditWatch with negative
implications.
- We expect to resolve the CreditWatch status when we obtain greater
clarity on the availability of external financing.
FRANKFURT (Standard & Poor's) March 8, 2010--Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services said today that it was keeping its 'BBB-/A-3' long- and short-term
foreign currency ratings and its 'BBB+/A-2' long- and short-term local
currency ratings on the Republic of Iceland on CreditWatch, where they were
placed with negative implications on Jan. 5, 2010.
"The decision to keep the ratings on CreditWatch reflects our view that the
Icelandic electorate's resounding rejection at a referendum over the weekend
of legislation to compensate the governments of The Netherlands and the United
Kingdom for their deposit insurance outlays on failed Icelandic internet bank
Icesave, has no immediate effect on the rating on the Republic of Iceland,"
said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Moritz Kraemer.
The popular rejection had been widely expected.
The government called the referendum after President Olafur Grimson had
refused to sign the "Icesave Act" into law in early 2010. Subsequent
negotiations between Reykjavik, London, and The Hague to agree on a compromise
ended inconclusively. In our view, the referendum outcome does not constitute
an outright repudiation of Iceland's international obligations, but merely
reflects overwhelming popular discontent with the financial conditions of a
bilateral loan offered by the British and the Dutch to finance their claim.
Standard & Poor's will analyse the implications of these developments for the
future disbursements of the international financing package for Iceland by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Nordic governments. The financing is
intended to allow the Icelandic authorities to lift the currency exchange
controls imposed following the collapse of the Icelandic banking system in
late 2008 and to maintain investor confidence in the sustainability of public
finances.
In principle, the disbursements of the Nordic loans were linked to the
resolution of the Icesave issue, while the IMF in turn considered the Nordic
disbursements to be a condition to secure sufficient funding for the
adjustment program agreed between the Icelandic authorities and the IMF.
We believe that the referendum result will trigger new negotiations with the
IMF on how the program will have to be restructured to allow for the reduced
external financing prospects. At the same time, we believe it possible that
the Nordic governments, or other international partners, may show some
flexibility in disbursing funds as long as the government of Iceland continues
to negotiate in good faith with its British and Dutch counterparts to resolve
the Icesave problem. We note that the Nordic partners disbursed a first
tranche in December 2009, even though the Icesave legislation had not been
passed by parliament, as originally demanded, but had only been approved by
the cabinet. We believe decisions on future disbursements will determine the
strength of Iceland's bargaining position in the negotiations with the U.K.
and The Netherlands.
Negotiations are likely to be complicated in the near term by forthcoming
general elections in both the U.K. and The Netherlands, following last month's
collapse of the Dutch government. However, we remain of the opinion that it
would be in the best interest of all three governments to continue to find a
solution.
Standard & Poor's does not believe that the Icelandic government will resign
over the referendum or that the unresolved Icesave problem will thwart nascent
EU membership talks, which at this stage, are not a rating factor.
We intend to resolve the CreditWatch placement before the end of April 2010.
Over the next few weeks, we plan to monitor the progress of talks with the IMF
and the Nordic governments on one hand and with the U.K. and Dutch authorities
on the other. A hardening of positions or a worsening of Iceland's fragile
economic equilibrium could lead us to lower the sovereign rating on Iceland to
the 'BB' category. However, progress toward a resolution on Icesave or toward
securing external funding for Iceland's adjustment program would lead us to
stabilize the ratings at their current levels.