Sentences with phrase «negative credit watch»

Under these circumstances, the downgrade process usually starts with debt being placed on negative credit watch, which may require portfolio managers to sell positions, depending on fund - specific covenants.

So far, the municipal bond market has seen only a modest reaction to the recent negative credit watch being placed on the ratings of several bond insurers.

As the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's this week placed the AAA rated Eurozone members on negative watch it's worth remembering this is exactly where Britain was, on negative credit watch, under Labour.

Fonterra has been placed on negative credit watch by ratings agency Standard and Poor's on the same day it announced plans to reduce its Global Dairy Trade (GDT) offering.

Among those it put on a negative credit watch in mid-July were some bond issues by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a few insurance companies, 604 structured finance transactions that totaled $ 373 billion when issued and some municipal debt backed by the United States.

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The State was downgraded to the lowest possible investment grade rating and remains on negative watch with an S&P / Moodys credit rating of BBB - / Baa3.

Watch this video by Bank of America to understand the impacts of a negative mark on your credit score:

A negative ratings watch is a status that the credit - rating agencies give companies as they decide whether to lower that company's credit rating.

Fitch Ratings downgrades Ambac Financial Group's insurance financial strength rating to AA, Credit Watch Negative.

Although the slumping economy is partly responsible for the slide in credit ratings, the problems may not be solved by recovery alone: More than 25 percent of all retailers are on rating agencies» negative watch or negative outlook lists compared to the 10 percent that are on positive outlook.

Negative Watch on Qatar's sovereign credit is the result of uncertainty in the country, said Bashar Al Natoor, Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings.