Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 14, 2012
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France risks another downgrade of its sovereign credit rating if its public debt and budget deficit deteriorate further, Standard & Poor’s said on Saturday, a day after it cut the country’s top-notch AAA rating by one notch to AA+.
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PARIS (Reuters) – The loss of France’s much-prized triple-A credit rating three months from elections that will likely hinge on the handling of the economy is a bitter blow for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had made the top-notch grade a badge of honor.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 16, 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares and the euro fell on Wednesday as signs that rising borrowing costs were affecting AAA-rated France stirred fears that even core euro zone members may not escape contagion from the region’s debt crisis.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 8, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, still under fire for downgrading the United States late last week, on Monday again restated the reasons for its decision while rival Moody’s set itself apart, saying America still has the characteristics of a AAA-rated country.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 2, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday the agreement to raise the borrowing capacity of the United States means the risk of a sovereign default is “extremely low” and commensurate with a AAA rating.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 25, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States took a step closer to losing its coveted triple-A credit rating over the weekend as a political impasse in Washington reduced hopes of an agreement to meaningfully cut the nation’s budget deficit.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on June 21, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – The risks of the U.S. losing its prized triple-A rating over the medium term have increased as the country faces a political impasse and nears its debt ceiling, Standard and Poor’s said on Tuesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 13, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Moody’s warned on Monday that it could move a step closer to cutting the U.S. Aaa rating if President Barack Obama’s tax and unemployment benefit package becomes law.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 28, 2010
MADRID (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings cut Spain’s credit ratings to AA+ from AAA on Friday, saying its economic recovery would be more muted than the government forecast, pushing world equities and the euro lower.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 4, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Thursday stripped Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc of its top AAA rating, saying its acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe will hurt liquidity and capital adequacy.
