The credit rating of the European Financial Stability Facility may be lowered by S&P, Moritz Kraemer, head of sovereign rating at S&P in New York, said on a conference call today. Germany, France and four other nations may lose their AAA ratings depending on the result of a summit of European Union leaders this week, S&P said yesterday.
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