The first key driver underlying Moody's two-notch downgrade of Italy's government bond rating is Italy's increased susceptibility to event risk. As discussed in a recent Special Comment, "European Sovereigns: Post-Summit Measures Reduce Near-Term Likelihood of Shocks, But Integration Comes at a Cost", Moody's believes that the normalisation of sovereign debt markets could take a number of years, with political event risk and the risk of sovereign defaults increasing as the crisis persists.
Insomma, secondo Moody's, siamo diventati più sensibili agli eventi di rischio in più, la stessa agenzia, ritiene che ci vorranno anni per normalizzare il mercato del debito sovrano, e questo lo sottopone al rischio dei cambiamenti politici al governo, con ciò aumentando anche il rischio di default, se la crisi continua. Questo era il primo aspetto. Il secondo è il persistere della crisi economica (deterioramento dell'economia italiana, la chiamano), alla quale il downgrade rischia di dare la mazzata definitiva. Insomma, se il Pil non cresce gli altri, leggi le agenzie e gli investitori, anzichè aiutarti ti danneggiano. Ma tant'è. Forse, adesso che le agenzie di rating non servono alla lotta politica, sarebbe utile discuterne il ruolo a livello internazionale.
The second driver of today's rating action is the further deterioration in the Italian economy, which is contributing to fiscal slippage. Moody's is now expecting real GDP growth to contract by 2% in 2012, which will put further pressure on the country's ability to meet its fiscal targets, which were scaled back when the country published its Stability Programme in April. Although its goal of achieving a structural budget balance in 2013 has not changed, the government now expects to achieve a nominal balanced budget in 2015, two years later than it expected when adopting a package of fiscal adjustment measures in December 2011. More broadly, Moody's believes that Italy's fiscal goals will be challenging to achieve, particularly given the more adverse macroeconomic environment.Ecco il rapporto: Rating Action: Moody's downgrades Italy's government bond rating to Baa2 from A3, maintains negative outlook.