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      <title>ESM increases short-term default risk</title>
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      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/Fitch.404.jpg" width="400" height="466" /&gt;ATHENS&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;: The euro zone's new bailout fund increases default risk in indebted peripheral countries in the short term, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday after Standard &amp; Poor's downgraded &lt;/span&gt;Greece&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;Portugal&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; over similar concerns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"For so long as the 'solvency' of peripheral countries is in doubt, the introduction of the ESM from July 2013 as a senior creditor, combined with the political commitment to ensure private sector 'burden sharing', potentially heightens rather than diminishes market fears of a sovereign debt restructuring, including on currently outstanding debt," Fitch said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Fitch said, however, that the outcome of the EU summit is not the main determinant for its rating of euro zone countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;                      &lt;Center /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Copyright Reuters, 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><img style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/Fitch.404.jpg" width="400" height="466" />ATHENS<span style="font-size: 10pt;">?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">: The euro zone's new bailout fund increases default risk in indebted peripheral countries in the short term, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded </span>Greece<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and </span>Portugal<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> over similar concerns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"For so long as the 'solvency' of peripheral countries is in doubt, the introduction of the ESM from July 2013 as a senior creditor, combined with the political commitment to ensure private sector 'burden sharing', potentially heightens rather than diminishes market fears of a sovereign debt restructuring, including on currently outstanding debt," Fitch said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fitch said, however, that the outcome of the EU summit is not the main determinant for its rating of euro zone countries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">                      <Center /><b><i>Copyright Reuters, 2011</b></i><br /></center></span></p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:44:39 +0500</pubDate>
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