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Upgrade to Lebanon Levels Shows Fernandez Paying Premium: Argentina Credit
Bloomberg
September 13, 2010

By Veronica Navarro Espinosa and Drew Benson

Argentina's second credit-rating increase in the past two months means its bonds are now trading at a more than 2.5 percentage point discount to its new peers.

Argentina bonds yield about 267 basis points, or 2.67 percentage points, more than the average borrowing costs on dollar debt from Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic and Belize, according to JPMorgan Chase& Co. indexes. Standard & Poor's boosted Argentina's credit rating one level to B yesterday, putting it on a par with those countries.

For the full text of the article, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-14/upgrade-to-lebanon-levels-shows-fernandez-paying-premium-argentina-credit.html

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