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  • UK’s AAA in danger warns Fitch

    Fitch ratings agency has revised its outlook on UK debt down, warning the country that it now has a better than one-in-two chance of losing its triple … 15/03/2012

  • Rating agencies in the spotlight

    Arnaud from Brussels asks: “My question for European officials is: how far are we going to let rating agencies dictate how European stock markets are run, and… 09/03/2012

  • Moody’s threatens UK and French credit ratings

    Rating agency Moody’s has warned it may cut the coveted triple-A ratings of the United Kingdom, France and Austria. At the same time it downgraded Italy… 14/02/2012

  • Is investor confidence coming back?

    It was a week full of interesting insights. After the downgrade of several EU countries by rating agency Standard & Poor’s, all eyes were on the capital… 20/01/2012

  • S&P downgrades downplayed

    In the aftermath of the so-called ‘Black Friday’ mass downgrading of eurozone countries, politicians and economists were quick to play down the significance… 17/01/2012

  • French downgrade jars Germans

    France’s loss of a triple-A credit rating from one agency has put a nasty scratch in Nicolas Sarkozy’s policy record, less than 100 days from a presidential… 16/01/2012

  • Fitch downgrades top banks

    The rating agency Fitch has downgraded a total of seven major banks on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe the effected lenders are BNP Paribas, Deutsche… 16/12/2011

  • Moody’s downgrades three French banks

    Moody’s has downgraded the debt of BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, and Credit Agricole. The ratings agency said that reflects the increasing difficulties the… 09/12/2011

  • S&P downgrades Belgium’s credit rating

    Standard and Poors rating agency on Friday cut Belgium’s credit rating from AA+ to AA with a negative outlook. The agency said the move, which was not a… 25/11/2011

  • Moody’s junks Hungary

    Hungary has joined Portugal in the credit junkyard after Moody’s downgraded its foreign and local currency bonds to Ba1 from Baa3, ending 15 years of… 25/11/2011

  • Portugese bonds reach junk status

    Fitch Ratings has downgraded Portugal’s long term foreign and local currency bonds to BB+ from triple-B, from investment grade to junk. Short term, senior… 24/11/2011

  • Italy already in recession, says Fitch

    The efforts of Italy’s new administration to turn around the economy may have come too late to save it from recession, according to ratings agency Fitch. It… 17/11/2011

  • S&P downgrades France by ‘mistake’

    France has ordered an investigation into what it called a “shocking” error by Standard and Poor’s. The credit ratings agency said it accidentally released a… 11/11/2011

  • Markets ignore Moody’s ratings warning

    European shares and the euro fell as trading opened after the warning by ratings agency Moody’s that Britain, France and Austria might lose their triple-… 14/02/2012

  • ECB chief slams credit rating agencies

    ECB chief Mario Draghi has taken a swipe at credit rating agencies after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the eurozone’s EFSF bailout fund. The move was expected… 16/01/2012

  • Markets demand better solutions from EU leaders after downgrades

    In the age of austerity, investors are calling for EU leaders to come up with a convincing plan to boost economic growth after Friday’s downgrade of nine… 16/01/2012

  • Sarkozy breaks silence after French downgrade

    Nicolas Sarkozy has called on French people to resist and fight in the face of the crisis, two days after France saw its credit rating downgraded by leading… 15/01/2012

  • Downgrades put spotlight on euro policymakers

    Standard & Poor’s mass downgrade of half the countries in the eurozone has put the spotlight not only on those whose credit ratings were cut. The New… 14/01/2012

  • French downgrade timing is dire for Sarkozy

    Three months from a presidential election, France’s credit rating downgrade is the last thing Nicolas Sarkozy needs. But as his prime minister Francois… 14/01/2012

  • Eurozone nations hit with credit rating downgrades

    A mass downgrade of credit ratings across the eurozone has brought left-leaning protesters out onto the streets of Paris. France and Austria have been… 14/01/2012

  • Downgrade upgrades French election

    The credit rating downgrade may have caused little surprise in France, but it is adding a little spice to the country’s presidential election, just 100 days… 14/01/2012

  • Ratings agency warns six euro zone countries

    Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said his country must appear ‘united and credible before the markets’ after winning approval for a 30 billion euro… 17/12/2011

  • Portuguese unions stage general strike over cuts

    Portugal has been hit by its first general strike in twelve months. Many Portuguese workers oppose austerity measures imposed by the country’s new… 24/11/2011

  • The EU targets rating agencies

    The European Commission has stepped up its attack on credit rating agencies. Angered by a spate of downgrades on individual member states, Brussels says the… 15/11/2011


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