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[14] [15] On January 13, 2012, S&P truly cut France's AAA rating, lowering it to AA+. This was the first time since 1975 that Europe's second-biggest economy, France, had been downgraded to AA+. The same day, S&P downgraded the rating of eight other European countries: Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Slovenia, Slovakia and Cyprus. [16]
For S&P, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds. An SD rating indicates that the country has selectively defaulted on some outstanding obligations [1] [2]
Credit rating is a highly concentrated industry with the "Big Three" credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P) – controlling approximately 95% of the ratings business. [1] [2] Credit rating agencies registered as such with the SEC are "nationally recognized statistical rating organizations".
S&P Global [1] Moody's Ref. Fitch Ratings; Rating Date Ref. Alabama: AA Aa1 [2] AA+ May 10, 2022 [3] Alaska: AA- Aa3 [2] [4] A+ April 13, 2022 [5] Arizona: AA Aa1 [2] — [6] Arkansas: AA Aa1 [2] — California: AA- Aa2 [2] AA March 1, 2022 [7] Colorado: AA Aa1 [2] — [8] Connecticut: A Aa3 [2] [9] AA- May 24, 2022 [10] Delaware: AAA Aaa [2 ...
S&P stands for Standard & Poor's, referencing S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). The company is the majority owner of the joint venture that operates the S&P 500. The company is the majority owner of the ...
"We estimate that each 1 percentage point change in the statutory domestic tax rate would shift S&P 500 EPS by slightly less than 1%, or approximately $2 of 2025 S&P 500 EPS, all else equal ...
S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information and analytics.
In August 2011, S&P downgraded the long-held triple-A rating of US securities. [1] On August 1, 2023, Fitch downgraded its credit-rating of United States Treasuries from AAA to AA+, as S&P had twelve years earlier, leaving only Moody's to still assign its highest rating to the country's debt.