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9 European Countries Lose AAA Rating Status

from National Public Radio
January 16, 2012

Standard and Poor's has downgraded the credit ratings of nine Euopean countries including France. They face exposure to financial troubles in Greece among other places. Zanny Minton Beddoes, global economics editors at The Economist, talks to Steve Inskeep about the latest European financial troubles.

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  • Morning Edition, January 16, 2012
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