Sovereign Ratings

The Indian government has been in a running battle with S&P Global Ratings, Moody's Investors Services, and Fitch Ratings as it thinks the sovereign rating assigned to the country is not a fair reflection of its economic strength.

CEA Nageswaran calls on World Bank to make governance indicators transparent

According to the government's top economist, an objective assessment of governance levels in countries – and in turn, their credit ratings – could help reduce financing costs for emerging economies by billions of dollars

CareEdge enters sovereign ratings biz with eye on emerging market issues

CareEdge's sovereign ratings will broadly follow the methodology of the global agencies, but will look to capture the nuances of emerging economies, such as the size of an economy, investment-to-GDP ratio, and per capita income in Purchasing Power Parity terms

Budget 2017: Achieving fiscal targets key for rating upgrade, says S&P Global

Budget 2017 illustrated government‘s commitment towards improving fiscal performance. However, implementation is key and policy anchors are necessary for that, said Kyran Curry, Director, Sovereign Ratings, S&P Global Ratings.

Fiscal reforms, low inflation positive for ratings: Fitch

As per the agency, GDP growth is likely to be at 7.4 per cent this fiscal and 8 per cent in the next, based on new series.

'Persistent inflation hurting India's sovereign ratings'

"Recurrent inflationary pressures keep domestic capital costs high, erode domestic purchasing power as well as savings and lower international competitiveness," the rating agency said.

Do Friday's European downgrades matter?

The chatter on Friday`s downgrades of European sovereign ratings debt is all over the place - from those dismissing it as old news (especially given that SandP warned back on December 5th) to those viewing it as part of a larger and consequential transformation of the international monetary system.