Following the US rating downgrade, some of the most common questions we received were whether it would force institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies) to sell US government bonds and rotate into other AAA-rated sovereign bonds, and whether we could see a flurry of downgrades fo...
1 In fact, two U.S.-based companies had higher credit ratings than the country itself: Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson.23 The map below illustrates nations color-coded by Standard & Poor's credit rating. To gain a better sense of why this is, it helps to understand the factors that ...
China Chengxin (Asia Pacific) Credit Ratings Company Limited (“CCXAP”) was established in Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance and received the Type 10 License (Providing Credit Rating Services) from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on 28 June 2012, becoming the ...
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Absolutely. So, you know, right now we’re not seeing a huge amount of market panic. But as that “X date” gets closer, we could see a real market rollercoaster. We could see a downgrade of US debt by the credit rating agencies. And even if a default is averted at the eleventh ...
Three years ago, a Somali-American mom in Minneapolis founded a group for Muslim women who want to enjoy the great outdoors Associated PressJan. 8, 2025 What This Week's Winter Wallop Means for Farmers Across the U.S. This week’s winter wallop across the U.S. means different things to...
Companies and some countries — but not the United States — pay the agencies to receive a rating, the financial market’s version of a seal of approval. For decades, the government issued rules that banks, mutual funds and others could rely on a AAA stamp for investing decisions — which...
#13 see full fiscal stability rankings aaa-stable government credit rating national: n/a 1.097 budget balancing national: 1.074 168.6 liquidity national: 112.9 health care ranking attributes #45 rank rankings health care access #42 health care quality #41 public health #41 health care access #42...
The economic function of credit rating agencies - What does the watchlist tell us? Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1343421.The economic function of credit rating agencies – What does the watchlist tell us?[J] . Christina E. Bannier,Christian W. Hirsch.Journal of Banking and ...
The so-called “big three” — Moody’s Investors Service, S&P and Fitch Ratings — hold immense power to determine the creditworthiness of companies, state governments and even entire nations. All three agencieshave signaledthat they would consider cutting the United States’ credit rating if lawm...