With a headline value of 440 billion euros, the EFSF's effective lending capacity is limited to about 250 billion euros only, as the rest of the amount has to be held back to keep its AAA credit rating unchanged and ensure its borrowing costs remain low.
I pored ukupnog iznosa od 440 milijardi evra, efektivni kapacitet pozajmljivanja EFSF-a ograničen je na samo oko 250 milijardi evra, jer ostatak iznosa mora da se zadrži kako bi njegov kreditni rejting AAA ostao nepromenjen i da bi se osiguralo da troškovi pozajmljivanja ostanu mali.