Moody's has downgraded the ratings of several major British banks

The international rating agency Moody's lowered the credit ratings of 12 large banks at once Great Britain, among whom were Lloyds, RBS, Nationwide, and Santander. Moreover, representatives of Moody's believe that the UK government to provide less support for banks, found themselves in financial trouble. As a result, bank shares fell after a downgrade by 3-4%. Most of all fallen in value securities RBS - 3.8%. Earlier, the Bank of England released a 200 billion pounds to buy government debt, thus stimulating lending by commercial banks.