Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Klaus Regling, the head of the euro- area bailout facility, said that downgrades by Standard & Poor’s won’t affect the European Financial Stability Facility’s resources leverage. Regling made his remarks to reporters in Brussels today after a meeting of European finance ministers.

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