Portugal Contagion Spreads: Espirito Santo To Default On Portugal Telecom Loan, Business Lending Drops Most On Record
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
07/15/2014
Despite reassurances from US asset-gatherers and TV ‘personalities’ that Portugal must be fixed (because US equities are up), it is anything but. Today’s triple whammy from the ‘recovered’ Portugal starts with Banco Espirito Santo bonds and stocks hitting new record lows (down over 10% more on the day). The contagion has rippled across to Rioforte, which controls Grupo Espirito Santo’s non-financial arm – and is likely to default on a EUR 847 million payment to Portugal Telecom. And just to add further salt to that wound, Portuguese business lending in May collapsed at a record pace (down 8.23%). But apart from that, yeash Portugal is all fixed and their sovereign bonds are worth every penny…
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