2011年9月19日,国际评级机构标准普尔公司将意大利长期主权债务评级从A+下调为A,前景展望维持负面。紧接着,22日,标普宣布调降七家意大利银行的信用评级,前景展望亦为负面。这两道无情的“判决”将意大利再次推向债务危机的风口浪尖,国际金融市场也因此再受冲击。虽然在不久前,意大利议会刚刚通过了政府为应对债务危机而出台的财政紧缩法案, On September 19, 2011, S & P, the international rating agency, downgraded the long-term sovereign debt of Italy from A + to A, with the outlook still negative. Then, on the 22nd, S & P announced a reduction of credit rating of seven Italian banks. The outlook is also negative. These two merciless “judgments” have once again pushed Italy to the forefront of the debt crisis, and the international financial markets have suffered another blow. Although not long ago, the Italian Parliament just approved the fiscal austerity bill put forward by the government in response to the debt crisis,