西班牙和塞浦路斯爲本國銀行尋求救助
Spain and Cyprus -- one of the euro currency bloc's biggest economies and one of its smallest -- both sought eurozone bailouts Monday for their financially troubled banks.
Spain asked for up to a $125 billion rescue for banks left holding bad real estate loans. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Margallo said details of the bailout will be determined later, including whether the loans would have to be paid by the Spanish government or the banks alone.
Late Monday, the Moody's ratings agency downgraded the credit ratings of 28 Spanish banks between one and four notches, citing the government's ability to support the banks.
Meanwhile, the island nation of Cyprus became the fifth eurozone country looking for financial aid from others in the currency bloc, following Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. The Cypriot government did not say how much it wants to borrow.
It says its banks are vulnerable because of their "large exposure" to the economy in nearby debt-ridden Greece. Cypriot-held Greek government bonds were written down in value earlier this year.
The Fitch ratings service became the third such firm to downgrade Cyprus' credit rating to "junk" status.西班牙和塞浦路斯分別是歐元區最大的經濟體之一和最小的經濟體之一，這兩個國家星期一都在爲陷入財務困難的本國銀行尋求歐元區的援助。
西班牙爲其持有不良房地產貸款的銀行尋求多達1250億美元的援助。但是西班牙外交大臣馬加洛表示，救助貸款的細節還有待確定，這些細節包括貸款是由西班牙政府償還，還是由銀行償還。
星期一晚間，評級機構穆迪將28家西班牙銀行的信用等級降低了一至四個等級，理由是西班牙政府支持本國銀行的能力不足。
與此同時，島國塞浦路斯成爲繼希臘、愛爾蘭、葡萄牙、西班牙之後第五個尋求別國經濟援助的歐元區國家。塞浦路斯政府宣稱需要援助以抵消銀行面臨的風險，但並未公佈所需援助的金額。
塞浦路斯政府宣稱，國內各銀行由於深受鄰國負債累累的希臘經濟的影響而變得非常脆弱，這主要是由於他們購買了今年早些時候賬面價值下調的希臘政府債券。
同時，惠譽金融服務公司成爲第三個將塞浦路斯的信用等級降爲“垃圾”級的評級機構。
