User:Nick Gardner /Sandbox

Greece December 2009 -- S&P on December 7 puts the country's A- sovereign rating on negative watch. On Dec 8, Fitch Ratings, which had cut Greece to A- when the government revealed the higher deficit, cuts Greek debt to BBB+ with a negative outlook, the first time in 10 years a ratings agency has put Greece below the A investment grade. - Standard & Poor's cuts Greece's rating by one notch on December 16, to BBB-plus from A-minus, - Moody's cuts Greek debt to A2 from A1 on December 22