Credit rating agency Moody's just
downgraded by a notch the long - term ratings of BMO, ScotiaBank, Caisse centrale Desjardins, CIBC, National Bank and TD.
Not exact matches
Fitch's warning comes after S&P Global Ratings
downgraded China's long - term sovereign credit rating
by one
notch last week to A + from AA -, citing increasing risks from the country's rapid build - up of credit.
Standard & Poor's lowered its rating
by one
notch Thursday, two days after Fitch
downgraded it to one step above speculative grade.
Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's, which last week
downgraded Spain's sovereign rating
by two
notches, said the country is «very unlikely» to meet its budget deficit reduction targets.
Chicago's recent triple -
notch downgrade by Fitch Ratings is a stark reminder that Illinois» inability to solve its pension crisis has consequences.
China's credit rating was
downgraded one
notch to A +
by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), which cited increased economic and financial risks, following the significant rise in the country's debt levels since the global financial crisis.
Fitch Ratings this month
downgraded the property firm
by two
notches to a junk rating, citing its inability to access offshore funding channels to boost its liquidity in a timely manner.
Since 2008, Moody's has
downgraded each of the seven most leveraged countries
by a minimum of two
notches (relative to credit rating).
Collectively, these seven countries have been
downgraded by a combined 41
notches, and each Moody's
downgrade always has cited debt as one of the factors (Table 1).
Moody's recently dropped their bond rating
by two
notches, from A2 to Baa1, right on the heels of their two
notch downgrade in April 2016.
In an acknowledgement of the glaringly obvious, Fitch
downgraded Japan's credit rating
by a
notch on Monday, citing Japan's ballooning pubic debt.
Seemingly high - quality bonds rated A3
by Moody's had been
downgraded five
notches to Ba2, as had the other bonds in the pool aside from its triple - A's.
GM and GMAC debt are only one
notch above junk at S&P, and I can tell you that you will have a hard time selling debt if you ever do get
downgraded by S&P.
The South African rand plunged more than 11 % in the last 7 days, first rattled
by a
downgrade by Standard & Poors to junk status as well as the move
by Moody's to place South Africa — which it has two
notches above junk — on
downgrade review.