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US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... 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 AAA rating. According to David Riley -- head of Fitch's sovereign-rating team - "If we have another one-minute to midnight deal, which ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... someone (I again refuse to name names) warned us that, "With a government forced to return to surplus to maintain its AAA rating and thus reduce stimulus spending, credit growth running at 35-year lows and decelerating, a slowdown and likely reversal ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... Poor's tried to extinguish hope and prayers and wishes. Remember that day, the day when it snipped one A off America's AAA rating? Recall the fear? Cyberspace was filled with anxiety and warnings after the downgrade, the central being the US no longer ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... economy to handle - GDP is expected to contract by 1% this year. But if it doesn't do so it risks a downgrade in its AAA rating. And then there's the PMI - again a reminder of our expectations of not so long ago that Europe will be in recession. Markit's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... 5,940.72 points after Fitch lowered Britain's long-term outlook to negative from stable, while confirming its top-level AAA rating. Elsewhere, Zurich rose by 0.50 per cent, Madrid by 0.42 per cent, Brussels by 0.66 per cent, Milan by 0.85 per cent and ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
As new liquidity requirements push demand for state debt higher and Australia's AAA rating holds, there is no end in sight for downward pressure on yields, according to an industry expert. Added pressure from foreign borrowing and high bank demand looks ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... are now rated AA+ -- the same as America. Only Germany, The Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg retained the precious AAA rating. But for how long, I wonder? Now the heat is on. Europe must do something BIG and NOW before the entire region gets buried ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... rating agency warned on Monday that it might downgrade 15 countries that use the euro, even Germany, which has a perfect AAA rating and Europe's strongest economy. On Tuesday, S&P said it might also cut the AAA rating of Europe's bailout fund. The fund ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... the old country, La Tribune reports of speculation that Standard & Poor's could downgrade the outlook for France's AAA rating, before an actual downgrade. Moody's too was on warning mood. It placed the subordinated debt of 87 EU banks on review for a ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Ho-hum! It would have been another boring day in the markets last night were it not for the strong finish on Wall Street - and Europe. Another day, another up day as investors continue to chase the QE3 carrot that's being dangled in front of their noses. ...