sovereign debt
U.S. officials have rejected the Polish offer of transferring fighter planes to Ukraine, and Ukrainian President Zelensky has dumped his demand for NATO membership and signaled other compromises to...
1 year ago
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Fitch Ratings has warned that the dual coronavirus and oil price shocks will put pressure on some sovereign credit fundamentals and potentially on their ratings.
3 years ago
The Institute of International Finance has issued its latest outlook on debt. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to put some of the overgrowing debt into context in U.S. terms.
3 years ago
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A weakening global economy has elevated the risk to sovereign creditworthiness according to a new report from Moody's.
3 years ago
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S&P has held its rating of the United Kingdom at AA/A-1+. It is the second highest grade S&P gives sovereign debt. However, the ratings agency’s outlook for the debt is “negative,...
4 years ago
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Against the backdrop of a trade war with the United States and a crumbling economy, Moody's has downgraded the rating of Turkey's sovereign paper from Ba3 from Ba2 and changed its rating outlook to...
5 years ago
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For the first time in the history of the United States, the national debt has exceeded $21 trillion, according to the U.S. government.
5 years ago
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One of America's largest newspapers to lay off over 200 people, the movie industry thinks "Black Panther" will be a blockbuster, bitcoin prices climbed back above $10,000, and other important...
5 years ago
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The Institute of International Finance reported that global debt reached over $230 trillion at the end of the third quarter.
5 years ago
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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cut China's sovereign debt rating by one notch to A+. The lowered rating has also spread to include several of the country's top banks.
6 years ago
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Fitch Ratings has warned that the U.S. AAA debt rating is in jeopardy if the debt ceiling is not raised before it reaches its upper limit, now expected sometime in early October.
6 years ago
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Stocks have risen handily since the end of the election, but so have bond yields. Now we have close to 100% chance that there will be an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December. It...
6 years ago
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For those who view negative interest rates on sovereign debt as a tax, there is good news. For those who want to use sovereign debt as a means of building wealth rather than just parking assets for...
6 years ago
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Fighting deflation has a cost, and as of April 25 that cost is negative interest rate yields on $9.9 trillion in global sovereign debt. Of the total, $6.8 trillion is long-term debt and $3.1 trillion...
7 years ago
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The Saudis may be preparing to issue their first-ever international sovereign bond, but there's a catch.
7 years ago
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