Sentences with phrase «sovereign credit ratings»

With offices in the North America, Europe and Asia, the international think tank tracks countries» resource deficits and assesses the risks that they create for national economies — risks that are currently underestimated in many country - risk models and sovereign credit ratings.

The stability of the issuing government can be provided by the country's sovereign credit ratings which help investors weigh risks when assessing sovereign debt investments.

Note the Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed the «BBB - «long - term and «A-3» short - term unsolicited sovereign credit ratings on India as of November 7, 2013.

The U.S. government received a wake up call this week when Standard & Poor's revised its credit rating outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its «AAA / A -1 +» sovereign credit ratings on the United States.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently revised its outlook on the long - term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Indonesia to «positive» from «stable,» while affirming the «BB +» long - term and «B» short - term sovereign credit ratings.

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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently revised its outlook on the long - term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Indonesia to «positive» from «stable,» while affirming the «BB +» long - term and «B» short - term sovereign credit ratings.

Russia's sovereign credit rating was recently downgraded by ratings agency Moody's, while its currency slumped to record lows against the greenback amid ongoing incursions in Ukraine and the risk of harsher sanctions from the West.

China's credit agency Dagong lowered its U.S. sovereign credit rating from A to A - on Thursday, even after the debt ceiling had been lifted.

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.

Equity markets fell as investors shifted to the relative safety of bonds issued by the major countries — even though S&P had announced a downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating.

However, in August 2011 the long - term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America was downgraded to AA + from AAA by the Standard & Poor's ratings agency, reflecting increasing concerns about the U.S. budget deficit and its future trajectory.

Shares in China also respond to a decision from S&P Global Ratings to downgrade China's long - term sovereign credit rating on Thursday.

China's credit rating cut For the first time in nearly three decades, Moody's has downgraded China's sovereign credit rating.

First, our quickly escalating debt / GDP ratio puts the U.S. sovereign credit rating at risk for a future downgrade by some rating agencies, if left unchecked.

Japan's sovereign credit rating was downgraded by Standard & Poor's in January.

Investors began to worry this could erode the United States» cherished triple - A sovereign credit rating when Standard and Poors's on May 21 revised its outlook for Britain's triple - A status to negative from stable, blaming higher government debt.

Not exact matches

It has been more than five years since credit ratings firm Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. economy from the prized AAA score to AA — and that is unlikely to change in 2017, Standard and Poor's chief sovereign rating officer told CNBC Wednesday.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors who are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 percent rate, invite all kinds of tax shelter abuse.

«Since June 2010, Gross has been reducing the $ 245 billion fund's vulnerability to interest - rate swings and increasing its reliance on credit quality by shifting from Treasuries to corporate and non-U.S. sovereign debt, a strategy that backfired last month,» according to Bloomberg.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per cent rate, invite all kinds of tax - shelter abuse.

The investment team seeks to identify economic imbalances that may lead to value opportunities in interest rates (duration), currencies and sovereign credit.

Having the flexibility to invest globally in any country or currency, including emerging markets, allows the investment team to take advantage of prevailing macroeconomic trends, opportunities in interest rates, currencies and sovereign credit to create a competitive advantage.

In the latest report issued by Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday, the internationally famous credit rating agency downgraded its outlook on China's credit rating from «stable» to «negative,» while affirming the still - respectable Aa3 grade on its sovereign debt.

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The Spanish financial sector will benefit from a rating upgrade of the sovereign debt which could lead to a credit upgrade of the banks as well.

We remain concerned that if the U.S. continues the trend of a rising debt / GDP ratio, it increases the chances of a sovereign - debt credit downgrade by the credit ratings agencies.

The rising U.S. federal debt burden now ranks the U.S. among the most leveraged developed - market countries, and puts the U.S. at increased risk of a sovereign - debt credit rating downgrade if the current trend continues.

Credit rating agencies slashed Bahrain's sovereign rating, prompting the government to launch in 2011 and 2012 an energetic campaign to restore investor confidence.

Credit ratings and pricing of the Company's investments can be negatively affected by liquidity, credit deterioration, financial results, economic risk, political risk, sovereign risk or other faCredit ratings and pricing of the Company's investments can be negatively affected by liquidity, credit deterioration, financial results, economic risk, political risk, sovereign risk or other facredit deterioration, financial results, economic risk, political risk, sovereign risk or other factors.

The credit rating on national champion oil producer Petrobras was recently lowered to junk status, adding to investor worries that Brazil's sovereign debt will suffer the same fate.

Right now, there are rumors that the French credit rating could be downgraded, and there is a great deal of focus on bank stability and sovereign debt issues in Europe.

Bonds are also subject to various other risks such as call and prepayment risk, credit risk, reinvestment risk, liquidity risk, event risk, exchange rate risk, volatility risk, inflation risk, sovereign risk and yield curve risk.

I'm clipping coupons in the short run, running credit risk while I don't see any major credit risks on the horizon aside from weak sovereigns (think the PIIGS), student loans, and weak junk (ratings starting with a «C»).

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Moody's, like other credit rating agencies, has downgraded Russia's sovereign debt rating to non-investment grade, but does this reflect Russia's economy?

«Issues pertaining to European sovereign debt and the heightened risk of the U.S. entering another recession have made for a rather undesirable environment for issuers to lower their credit card rates,» Nice said.

«Global Footprint Network has extensive experience in measuring ecological risks at the country level, specifically as it relates to their incorporation into sovereign bond investments and credit ratings.»

Furthermore, allowing the ECB to purchase sovereign bonds during every distortion of the transmission mechanism would equate to allowing the ECB to intervene with every aggravation of a Member State's credit rating by purchasing sovereign bonds of said Member State.

Provide returns that exceed the inflation rate, without taking any credit risk (sovereign risk only) and maintaining a low probability of negative return in the short term.

However, with credit rating agencies recently downgrading China's sovereign rating, it is unlikely that a digital currency issued by the PBOC will displace Bitcoin or Ethereum.

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Excerpts from our KSA Credit Outlook panel include James McCormack, Global Head of Sovereign Ratings at Fitch Ratings, Fahad Al - Deweesh, CEO of J.P. Morgan Saudi Arabia, Tim Cooper, Chief Economist at BMI Research, among others

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.