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S&P is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Ratings and Fitch Ratings. [2] Its head office is located on 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan , New York City .
A sovereign credit rating is the credit rating of a sovereign entity, such as a national government. The sovereign credit rating indicates the risk level of the investing environment of a country and is used by investors when looking to invest in particular jurisdictions, and also takes into account political risk.
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".
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) now officially has one of the highest corporate credit ratings out there. Standard & Poor's has raised the internet search giant's corporate credit rating to AA and now ...
(The Center Square) – A credit rating agency has dropped San Francisco's rating because of the city's deficit spending and economic outlook. S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating and ...
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday downgraded chipmaker Intel Corp's credit rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB+', on slow business recovery and uncertainty following management changes. The ...
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.