Credit Rating
# credit-rating - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Rating agency downgrades Britain’s credit rating for first time in 35 years
Moody’s have downgraded the UK from AAA to AA1.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
S&P faces US govt suit over mortgage bond ratings
The credit risk agency promised a vigorous defense, saying the looming lawsuit would be “entirely without factual or legal merit.”
# credit-rating - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
European Parliament introduces tougher credit rating rules
Parliament voted in favour of the legislation today in a bid to improve the stability of financial markets.
# credit-rating - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Fitch takes Ireland’s credit rating off ‘negative’ watch list
Ireland’s credit rating is still only BBB+, but Fitch says it’s no longer expecting to downgrade us again.
# credit-rating - Monday 8 October, 2012
Moody’s give new ESM an AAA rating – but outlook is negative
Moody’s said that a ‘weakening in the political commitment’ among eurozone states towards the ESM would have negative implications.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Moody’s issues negative outlook warning for Germany
Ratings agency also revised stable outlooks for the Netherlands and Luxembourg to ‘negative’.
# credit-rating - Monday 16 July, 2012
In full: Ulster Bank’s letter to customers
CEO Jim Brown has written to all customers to say that reconciliations to accounts will continue over the coming weeks.
# credit-rating - Friday 13 July, 2012
Moody’s downgrades Italy by two notches
The credit rating agency has downgraded the third largest eurozone economy just hours ahead of its latest bond sale.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Moody’s downgrades 28 Spanish banks over debt concerns
Banks downgraded last night include one of the eurozone’s biggest – Banco Santander.
# credit-rating - Thursday 14 June, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
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Moody’s drives Cyprus towards junk status with two-notch downgrade
The credit ratings agency has said that it has placed Cyprus’ rating on review for further possible downgrade.
# credit-rating - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Downgraded: Spain’s credit rating slashed by Fitch with negative outlook
The cost of bailing out Spain’s banks could be as high as €100 billion, the ratings agency warned as it forecast a recession for the rest of this year and next.
# credit-rating - Friday 6 April, 2012
After the global financial crisis, why are rating agencies still trusted?
Credit rating agencies were widely criticised in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008 but they continue to hold huge sway when it comes to sovereign ratings. Now the EU is looking to curb that influence. TheJournal.ie investigates…
# credit-rating - Monday 5 March, 2012
Moody’s expects Ireland to require partial second bailout
The only ratings agency to rank Ireland at ‘junk’ status says Ireland will have difficulty getting back to the markets.
# credit-rating - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Fitch: ‘Highly likely’ that Greece will default soon
The ratings agency has downgraded Greece just one day after EU leaders agreed on a €130 billion bailout deal for the country.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Moody’s downgrades six European countries – and warns of more to come
France and the UK were both warned that they could lose their coveted AAA credit rating.
# credit-rating - Sunday 15 January, 2012
Standard & Poor’s defends mass European downgrade
The US-based credit rating agency has defended its decision after a sharp European backlash yesterday against its move to downgrade nine EU countries.
# credit-rating - Friday 13 January, 2012
The 5 at 5: Friday
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# credit-rating - Friday 6 January, 2012
Fitch ratings agency downgrades Hungary to junk status
The agency also said there was a more than 50 per cent chance of another downgrade within two years.
Italian leader Monti to meet Sarkozy amid bond fears
Monti is seeking to persuade EU leaders that Italy’s mountain of debt does not pose a threat to the eurozone.
# credit-rating - Friday 16 December, 2011
Moody’s downgrades Belgium’s debt by 2 notches
Moody’s already rates Ireland’s bonds as junk – but now says that that outlook for Belgium is “negative”.
# credit-rating - Friday 9 December, 2011
Three top French banks downgraded by Moody’s
The ratings agency says the ongoing euro crisis means the eurozone is a “fragile operating environment for European banks” at the moment.
# credit-rating - Friday 2 December, 2011
S&P downgrades Australia’s four largest banks
Australia’s four largest banks – ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac – have all been downgraded by S&P.
# credit-rating - Friday 25 November, 2011
More bad news for Belgium with credit rating downgrade
On top of its lack-of-a-government woes, Belgium’s credit rating has just been downgraded with a negative outlook…
# credit-rating - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Belgium: Things are getting worse by the minute
A Belgian reader emails his take on the latest worrying developments there – and what action the country’s political leaders need to take.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Worries over France’s AAA rating outlook
Worries continue about a possible negative rating outlook for France – but European stocks are on the rise again after S&P announces that it won’t downgrade the United States’ credit rating.
# credit-rating - Monday 14 November, 2011
Concern for France’s AAA rating as 10-year bond yields rise
Investors are becoming increasingly concerned about France’s overall debt and deficit levels.
# credit-rating - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Moody’s downgrades Spain’s credit rating
European leaders are feeling the pressure today as Spain becomes the latest country to experience a credit rating downgrade.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
Moody’s warns on France’s credit rating
The agency says it may put France’s Aaa rating on negative outlook in the coming months over a weakening in the government’s financial position.
# credit-rating - Friday 14 October, 2011
Spain’s credit rating downgraded by Standard and Poor’s
It cut its long-term rating to “AA-” from “AA.” The outlook on the rating is “negative.”
# credit-rating - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Italy’s credit rating slashed by Standard and Poor’s
The agency said a “weakening” economy and fragile government were putting the country at risk.
# credit-rating - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Lucky you: France will keep its AAA rating, says S&P
Concerns had been raised over exposure to Greek debt and zero economic growth.
# credit-rating - Friday 12 August, 2011
US markets watchdog investigating alleged insider trading at S&P
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly asking Standard & Poor’s to account for anyone who knew about the US downgrade.
# credit-rating - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
US stocks slump amid fears about European banks
The Dow Jones has fallen back again following yesterday’s gain.
Under-fire Cyprus ‘will probably need a bailout’ – Fitch
Economic struggler Cyprus’s rating is cut by two notches, though it’s still well above the ‘junk’ threshold for the time being.
# credit-rating - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
All eyes on the Fed as choppy markets make small gains
Markets in New York are recording tentative gains as the Federal Reserve meets to discuss potential action.
Is this the bottom? Europe reverses early losses as markets turn green
European stock markets opened with more losses, but are moving upward again as traders expect a strong US opening.
Global stock markets plummet overnight
Global stocks continued to tumble overnight following a disastrous day on Wall Street yesterday – with world markets wiping €1.75 trillion off global stocks.
# credit-rating - Monday 8 August, 2011
Dow disaster: 632-point drop is the 6th-worst in history
The Dow Jones ends its day deep in the red, as the S&P loses 6.6 per cent and the NASDAQ sheds nearly 7 per cent of its value.
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In today’s fix: Obama says ‘yes we cAAAn’, more violence in London, picture emerges of Norway’s killer polar bear, and the man who’s gone back to his desk job, after being president of Somalia…
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