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Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... 2004 to around 40.1% this year. This justifies its credit ratings upgrade to investment grade earlier this year by Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October)....Not the weather though. Like the devastation it wrought ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... be needed given latest reports showing weaker than expected retail spending, industrial production and lending. Fitch Ratings slashed Italy's government debt rating from A-minus to BBB-plus with a negative outlook. And only yesterday, Reuters reported ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... anyone... except the credit rating agencies. That's who. You probably haven't noticed - or simply didn't care - but Fitch Ratings is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch warned America that it's got its scissors out, ready to snip an A off Uncle Sam's ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... percent off an economy that's only growing at an annual rate of around 2.0% is a big chunk off growth. So much so that Fitch Ratings already warned that it may downgrade America's credit rating unless it's resolved in time. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Warning ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... deficit would give the RBI some wiggle room to cut interest rates and at the same time fend off Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings threat to downgrade India's credit rating to below investment grade. Just as failure is not an option for the Fed and ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... last week, Standard & Poor's raised Manila's credit rating to BB+ -- one step below investment grade - matching Fitch Ratings' upgrade delivered in June last year. Moody's, which still has the Philippines two notches below investment grade, is sure to ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... sovereign debt rating to Baa3 - one step above junk - from A3 and warned of the possibility of further downgrades. Fitch Ratings rate Spanish debt one notch higher than Moody's while S&P's score is two grades higher. Then again, they produced their ratings ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... in the eurozone's history - before settling at a still high 6.4%. Can't blame Spanish bond investors, not after Fitch Ratings went on a chopping spree once more. Fitch downgraded another 18 Spanish banks last night. I doubt that this is still news to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... to 1,314.99. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite lost 13.70 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 2,831.02. In Europe, agency Fitch Ratings cut Spain's credit rating by three notches to just above junk bond status. In local trading, gold major Newcrest Mining lost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... minister has warned against euphoria in the wake of Greece's approval of important austerity measures. MADRID - Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's have lowered their credit rating of Spanish banks, including the country's four largest lenders, following ...