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EU bailout fund downgrade 'serious setback'

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The ratings agency Standard & Poor's, which downgraded nine eurozone economies last week, has now also formally removed its triple-A rating from the eurozone's bailout fund.

Business editor Robert Peston explains the significance of the move.


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