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No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... more austerity, the greater the toll on the economy and lead to further downgrades. So why doesn't Moody's - and S&P and Fitch - stop this "death by a thousand cuts" and just go ahead and murder Greece already?

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... 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 would have been in a shambles by now. ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... think that Greece would eventually default. So what's still the point of issuing statements like these? And another thing, Fitch Ratings has already jumped the gun on S&P, it issued a similar assessment two weeks ago. That's the other "duh"! Oh and about ...

Bendigo finds safe harbour from wholesale storm in retail deposits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... significantly. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is rated at A2 by Moody's Investors Service, and was recently upgraded to A- by Fitch.

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... downgrades everywhere. But if you're going to believe one credit rating agency, you must also believe the others. Two of them - Fitch and S&P - were less pessimistic. Fitch commented that even a 50 per cent haircut for Greek bondholders would not deplete ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... positions ahead of the long-weekend break. They said the news was negative -- a slowdown in US consumer spending growth, a Fitch ratings outlook downgrade from Japan and the Greek government's failure to win opposition support for yet more austerity ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... quarter - the 15th consecutive quarterly fall. "Despite" also saves the day for Europe. Eurozone equities rebounded "despite" Fitch Ratings warning that, "The worst consequence of any Greek sovereign default for German and other European banks would ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... back to haunt - bigger and scarier than ever. Greece has come ever so closer to financial and economic Armageddon. Just ask Fitch Rating's which chopped its debt rating by three notches - pushing it further into junk status. I just don't know how one ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... China, and fears that Greek debt problems will spark a new eurozone crisis. A combination of weaker EU data and Friday's Fitch rating downgrade for Greece stoked doubts Athens can stabilise its public finances, with a possible debt restructuring seen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... stocks because of lower earnings forecasts from US companies. Concerns about European sovereign debt also worsened after Fitch Ratings cut Greece's credit ratings by three notches to B-plus, and Standard & Poor's lowered Italy's credit rating outlook ...