From Reuters on Tuesday:
RTRS-PORTUGAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYS S&P DOWNGRADE “DOES NOT HELP CALM MARKETS”
RTRS – PORTUGAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYS GREECE AND PORTUGAL REALITIES “VERY DIFFERENT”
RTRS – PORTUGAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYS GOVT ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING AUSTERITY MEASURES
RTRS – PORTUGAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYS THE COUNTRY HAS TO RESPOND TO THIS ATTACK BY THE MARKETS
RTRS – PORTUGAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYS WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ELMINATE EXCESSIVE DEFICIT
For those experiencing a little confusion or deja vu, FT Alphaville would like to point out that those were definitely comments from Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, (Portugal’s Finance Minister), on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos is this man:
He is in no way connected to this man:
Who, of course, is Greece’s finance minister George Papaconstantinou.
He — for the benefit of confused readers — sounds more like this:
RTRS – GREEK FINANCE MINISTER SAYS FITCH DOWNGRADE REFLECTS LACK OF GREECE’S CREDIBILITY
RTRS – GREEK FINMIN SAYS FITCH DOWNGRADE DOES NOT REFLECT GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO SHORE UP FINANCES
RTRS – GREEK FINMIN SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REDUCE DEFICIT
RTRS – GREEK FINMIN SAYS FISCAL ADJUSTMENT EFFORT WILL BE JUST. WON’T BURDEN LOW INCOME EARNERS, FAMILIES
RTRS – GREEK FINMIN SAY IT IS OBVIOUS THERE IS ALSO SPECULATION IN MARKETS
( December 8, 2009.)
