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Map of S&P's sovereign long-term foreign credit ratings as of March 2024. Legend: AAA AA+ AA AA− A+ A A− BBB+ BBB BBB− BB+ BB BB− B+ B B− CCC+ CCC CCC− SD/D. For S&P, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or
On August 5, 2011, following enactment of the Budget Control Act of 2011, S&P lowered the US's sovereign long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. [10] The press release sent with the decision said, in part:
In 2023, the Indian government's Chief Economic Advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran questioned India's sovereign credit rating of BBB- by S&P and Baaa3 by Moodys and called for a review of the big three's rating methods. [14] In January 2024, CareEdge Ratings issued its Sovereign Ratings Framework for public consultation. [15]
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.
On the first trading day after the downgrade the S&P 500 plummeted by 6.5%. Markets experienced their most volatile week since the global financial meltdown in 2008, and it took another six months ...
"We are concerned that these events could impact South Korea's sovereign credit rating," Min Joo Kang, an economist at ING Economics, said on Tuesday. ... Trump's tariff threats against Canada and ...
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.
The chipmaking icon's revenue for the first nine months of this year, which was roughly flat year-on-year at $38.84 billion, was below the ratings agency's expectations, S&P Global said. The ...