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Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... billion euros in May to 6.1 billion euros in June, a fall of 1.4 billion euros in just one month, reports said. Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has reportedly downgraded major Cypriot banks Marfin Popular Bank and Bank of Cyprus for their Greek ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... worry about a US credit rating downgrade even after the deal had been autographed. Perhaps these are those that haven't read Moody's and Standard & Poor's declarations last week that the USA will keep its AAA - deal or no deal. That's it! Finito. Now ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... surprisingly poor growth data out of Washington. The euro gained against the dollar on the worrying US news and despite Moody's ratings agency issuing a gloomy warning over Spain. Investors focused on the potential of a US downturn and set aside company ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... known that he was "more optimistic" that congressional negotiators and President Barack Obama are "very close" to a deal. Moody's Investors Service -- that omnipotent arbiter of all things involving debt - already covered its behind even before the announcement. ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... funds are expected to show resilience to a single-notch downgrade but anything more could cause distress. Ratings agencies Moody's Investors Service and Fitch have both flagged a possible downgrade.

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... default is if the government unilaterally decides to as they did back in 1933. And while we're still on the topic of debt, Moody's cut Greece's sovereign debt by three notches to just a step away from default. My, oh my, talk about too late the hero. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... the weekend. Markets had largely surged last week on news of a eurozone deal, but sentiment was shaken early Monday after Moody's ratings agency downgraded Greek debt -- and warned the new bailout was almost certain to trigger a cut to default status. ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... for Europe having its own debt problem - and Japan's credit rating already downgraded by Standard & Poor's last January (Moody's warned of a possible downgrade and Fitch lowered its outlook to negative from stable just two months ago) - the US bond market ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... that it's inconceivable. Already, financial market sentiment is on tenterhooks by warnings from both Standard & Poor's and Moody's that they'll downgrade America's credit rating if the debt ceiling was not raised before the 2 August deadline. For Americans ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... was a 50 per cent chance it will downgrade the government's triple-A rating within three months because of the impasse. Moody's made a similar warning on Wednesday. Even so, there has been little visible progress in negotiations between President Barack ...