Forex - Markets are quiet ahead of ECB rate decision – analysts expect a 50bp cut

Forex News and Events: All eyes are riveted on the ECB announcement today, ... projections. The S&P reduced Greece’s sovereign credit rating and placed Ireland, Spain and now Portugal’s credit ratings under review. Furthermore the unconfirmed news that Ireland was seeking IMF aid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:16:41

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The New China, Bush Asks for TARP, 2009 Oil Surprise, Buy Turkmenistan and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Chinese exports dive; oil imports, money supply and leverage rise… sound familiar? Bush asks for rest of $700 billion TARP… S&P says USA’s credit rating getting shaky Dan ... — the steepest drop since April 1999. Measured in yuan, the annual plunge in exports is even greater [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:29

Euro Rallies After ECB Rate Decision as Trichet Signals Pause

After having cut interest rates by 50bp this morning to 2 percent, ... rating downgraded. Greece’s credit rating was cut by S&P yesterday. There are no silver linings [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:30

Euro Rallies After ECB Cuts 50bp

After having cut interest rates by 50bp Thursday morning to 2 percent, ... debt rating downgraded. Greece’s credit rating was cut by S&P yesterday. There are no silver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:14:21

Ainda o “downgrade” da S&P (3)

Bloomberg The risk of losses on European government bonds is mounting as the economic slowdown threatens credit ratings in Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Greece. Credit-default swaps tied to the debt of Ireland rose more than seven-fold ... to be threatened with a debt downgrade when Standard & Poor’s said the country’s long-term rating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:03:02

S&P: United States Safe... In Near Term

The good news: Currently, 17 of the 124 sovereigns we rate have 'AAA' long-term ratings and stable outlooks. These include close G7 peers, such as Canada, France, and Germany. We believe the U.S.'s key credit strengths include: -- A high-income, highly diversified economy, with unusually flexible labor and product markets. -- The unique advantages associated with the U.S. dollar's preeminent role as the world's most used currency (see "Despite Pressures, The U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-06-17 18:07:00

Ainda o “downgrade” da S&P (5)

Bloomberg Spain may struggle to sell 1.8 billion euros ($2.4 billion) ... . Standard & Poor’s said Jan. 12 it may lower Spain’s AAA credit rating. “There is a clear risk ... of bonds as the prospect of a credit downgrade and a flood of new issues by European governments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:54:11

S&P's Puts Spanish Sovereign Debt On Ratings Watch Negative

bond+spreads+2.png - Spain yesterday became the third euro zone country within a week to be warned by rating agency Standard & Poor's that its credit rating (currently the highest - AAA) is under threat from the deterioration in public finances being produced by the government's attempt to support the banking system and put [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:12:32

S&P's Puts Spanish Sovereign Debt On Ratings Watch Negative

Spain yesterday became the third euro zone country within a week to be warned by rating agency Standard & Poor's that its credit rating ( ... finances.The gap in bond yields between the benchmark German bunds and the sovereign debt of Spain ... fallen.One year ago the financing of Spanish government debt was barely more expensive than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 10:11:00

S&P's Puts Spanish Sovereign Debt On Ratings Watch Negative

Spain yesterday became the third euro zone country within a week to be warned by rating agency Standard & Poor's that its credit rating ( ... finances.The gap in bond yields between the benchmark German bunds and the sovereign debt of Spain ... fallen.One year ago the financing of Spanish government debt was barely more expensive than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:13:00

Dow Chemical: Time to Sweet-Talk Moody?s

The Wall Street Journal’s Ana Campoy writes this dispatch about the ratings providers’ wariness of Dow Chemical’s $15 ... , says Moody’s lead chemical analyst John Rogers. His agency and S&P cut Dow’s credit rating ... an investment grade rating to this company if it had short-term debt of $11 (billion) to $12 billion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:36:00

S&P cuts Greece’s credit rating

Greece on Wednesday became the first big western European economy to have its credit ratings downgraded since the start of the financial crisis because of rising fears over its ballooning public sector debt. Standard & Poor's decision to cut ... the eurozone over the public finances of the weaker economies as they take on record levels of debt. Marko [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:07:00

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