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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... 2013, equity markets crashed the day after when the rumour mills spread the word that France would be losing an A on its 'AAA' credit rating. And the day after the day after - that was last night - well, you know what happened it bounced back with a ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... that be - Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings - later denied the rumour and re-affirmed France's 'AAA' rating. And so...we've come full circle back to the days of the GFC when speculation on who'll be the next big one to come ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... 1,119.46, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 6.9 per cent to 2,357.69. S&P lowered the US long-term sovereign debt rating from AAA to AA+ after markets closed Friday, citing Washington's inability to rein in its mounting deficits. US stocks started ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... domestic share market reacted with shock to US government debt being downgraded by ratings agency Standard and Poor's from AAA to AA+. "But investors seem to have calmed down a bit this morning after we saw an initial sell out," Ms Saly said. She said ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... down 62.3 points or 1.52% to 4042.9. US Treasury debt had been widely regarded as the safest security in the world, rated AAA. The S&P downgrade shook that pillar of confidence by reducing its official opinion of US creditworthiness to AA+, below that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... horror Friday appear to have been dashed after ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded United States government debt from AAA to AA+. At 0624 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down five points at ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think or how to react to this nasty development - it's just as well that I had ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... 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 let's turn our gazes into the denominator of the debt-to-GDP ratio. For as hard as ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... fixed interest weightings to North America of between 26% and 32%, according to the research. These funds risked having their AAA US Treasury holdings downgraded in the event of default. The compromise deal would come as no surprise to John Eisinger ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... involving debt - already covered its behind even before the announcement. It stated that the USA should be able to keep its AAA "even if the nation's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit isn't raised by Tuesday's deadline" (Bloomberg) - echoing Standard & ...