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Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... price through their holdings of domestic and global shares especially airlines, and possibly also through the debt markets. Moody's Investor Services' recent report into the impact of US$100 per barrel oil prices on the Australian corporate debt sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... emergency in a bid to quell protests, sparking fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East. European markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters over the eurozone debt crisis. In ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... overheating is working. Then it marched to Europe as the European sovereign debt crisis again reared its heavily indebted head. Moody's - yes, people still listen to what they say - cut Spain's debt rating to Aa2 from Aa1. And coming on the heels of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Paris, the CAC 40 slid 0.75 per cent to 3,963.99 points and in Frankfurt the DAX fell 0.96 per cent to 7,063.09 points. Moody's sliced Spain's credit rating on Thursday and warned it might do so again, as it raised the alarm over Spanish banking woes ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... sell due to the return of the Greeks. Oh yes, as promised the European debt crisis is not going to stay silent for long. Moody's has reportedly downgraded Greek debt three notches from Ba1 to B1 - raising the spectre of default - and warned that this ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... because of the MidEast sideshow, but anxiety over its debts and deficits could flare up again at anytime. Speaking of which, Moody's just placed Japan's credit rating on negative watch. Yes it's easy to come out of hibernation when headlines bad news ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... previous year. Indonesia received an upgrade in its sovereign credit rating to one below investment grade from Fitch and Moody's for its efforts. And it's not only in America and Europe and Asia. The Egyptian turmoil appears to have eased and this is ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... policy more, will increase risk of policy mistake, will cause a hard landing... in China and then the world. Bad is good. Moody's cut Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk. There's political uncertainty, nay unrest is a better word, in Ireland. The ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... from these sectors goodbye at least over the next couple of quarters. Financial. According to a freshly released report by Moody's Investor Services, earnings of Australia's largest banks would be hit by debt defaults and missed mortgage repayments flowing ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... flourished during the boom days when no one cared how money is made as long as money is being made? And oh yes, there was Moody's Investor Services - yes, the ratings agency - back in the headlines again. In its weekly credit outlook, it concluded that ...