LMAO This is a must read: today S&P confirmed rating A+ for Italy and stable outlook, and estimated that the debt/GDP ratio will rise at 109%. An italian government member ironically commented:"We'll do everything to avert it" (Link only in italian, sorry) http://borsaitaliana.it.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idITLD45390620090113 and he added IN LATIN "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum" = "Say nothing but good about the dead" http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Latin_proverbs Rating agencies don't even deserve a serious answer from an undersecretary... I'm really laughing my a$$ off