World news about “Credit rating agency” published by euronews.
Turkey gains investment grading from Moody’s Turkey’s economy has been given a boost with an upgrade by the Moody’s ratings agency. Shares rose in Istanbul on Friday and the country’s cost of… 17/05/2013
Crisis lessons learned by governments The US government is suing Standard & Poor’s accusing the agency of knowingly inflating its ratings of risky mortgage-related investments, of the kind that… 08/02/2013
US government goes after S&P over subprimes The US government says it wants five billion dollars from Standard & Poor’s. In a law suit the Department of Justice is taking the agency to court over the… 05/02/2013
EU clamps down on credit ratings agencies Credit rating agencies will have to be more transparent about how they assess a country’s sovereign debt under changes agreed by MEPs on Wednesday. The… 16/01/2013
Fitch to review credit rating for France Credit rating agency Fitch has said it will review its triple-A rating on France next year. The agency which is French owned is the only one to retain a… 22/11/2012
Grim numbers force Spain towards a bailout Spain’s economy continues to contract. The country’s central bank has calculated GDP shrank by 0.4 percent between July and September from the previous… 23/10/2012
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
Cyprus credit rating downgradedWarning it could still make a bigger cut, credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Cyprus by three notches. The island has gone from B3 to Caa3 with a… 11/01/2013
France dismisses Moody’s credit rating cutThe ratings agency Moody’s has warned that it will cut French credit-worthiness again if the government fails to implement the reforms it has promised. The… 20/11/2012
France is stripped of its prized triple AAA ratingThe credit ratings agency Moody’s has stripped France of its prized triple A rating, cutting it by one notch to AA1. The agency said an uncertain fiscal… 20/11/2012
Ratings agencies may face probe in ItalyRatings agency Fitch has warned it may reconsider its presence in Italy following news of an investigation into the alleged leaking of information about… 15/11/2012
Italy’s economy dealt another tough blowItaly’s economic outlook is moving from bad to worse according to ratings agency, Moody’s. It has downgraded 13 Italian banks, three days after cutting the… 17/07/2012
Moody’s downgrades Spain’s banksThe ratings agency Moody’s has cut the credit rating on 28 of Spain’s 33 banks by between one to four notches. The downgrade follows a cut of Spain’s… 26/06/2012
Markets ignore Moody’s ratings warningEuropean 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 agenciesECB 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 downgradesIn 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 downgradeNicolas 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 policymakersStandard & 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 SarkozyThree 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 downgradesA 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 electionThe 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 countriesItalian 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 cutsPortugal 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 agenciesThe 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
