few investors expected the downgrade to happen. Nevertheless, as I explain below, we believe that the impact on US government bond yields and corporate bond ratings is likely to be negligible.
Another takeaway is the increasing importance of fiscal governance in credit ratings. Also, Fitch made the decision based on the repeated threat of a government shutdown. By considering the political process of budgetary management, Fitch has signalled that sensible bipartisan cooperation is as importan...
"A shutdown would be credit negative for the U.S. sovereign," the team of sovereign risk analysts led by Moody’s Investors Service senior vice president William Foster wrote. "While government debt service payments would not be impacted and a short-lived shutdown would be unlikely to disrupt...
ETFs tracking the Bloomberg US Government/Credit – Float Adjusted (1-5 Y) are presented in the following table. Symbol ETF Name Asset Class Total Assets* YTD Avg Volume Previous Closing Price 1-Day Change Overall Rating BSVVanguard Short-Term Bond ETFBond$33,183,6003.8%2,036,142.0$77.56-0....
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The author focuses on the reasons why the financial sector is rallying in the face of declining credit quality. The author mentions that the waning credibility of credit rating agencies is one explanation. He says that a rally can occur when downgrades are not as bad as what the market ...
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