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S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
This is a list of countries by credit rating, showing long-term foreign currency credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the largest three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch, and Moody's.
The 2011 S&P downgrade was the first time the US federal government was given a rating below AAA. S&P had announced a negative outlook on the AAA rating in April 2011. The downgrade to AA+ occurred four days after the 112th United States Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government by means of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.
Standard & Poor's (S&P), the prominent credit rating company, announced on Thursday that it intends to maintain the United States' AAA credit status. This rating, S&P's highest level, is expected ...
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As of 2013 they hold a collective global market share of "roughly 95 percent" [1] with Moody's and Standard & Poor's having approximately 40% each, and Fitch around 15%. [2] According to an analysis by Deutsche Welle, "their special status has been cemented by law — at first only in the United States, but then in Europe as well."
These are AM Best, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Demotech. AM Best The most well-known insurance specific rating company, the scores provided by AM Best are often considered the yardstick for ...
The credit rating is a financial indicator to potential investors of debt securities such as bonds.These are assigned by credit rating agencies such as Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch, which publish code designations (such as AAA, B, CC) to express their assessment of the risk quality of a bond.