RR-Ratings&Analysis

Insights & Analysis : Makeup removal time for Powell at Jackson Hole

The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, used the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 22 August to confirm a formal reset of the Fed policy...

Rules and ratings: S&P gives the nod to US administration’s new tariff policy

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed the United States’ credit rating of ‘AA+/A-1+’ with a stable outlook, explicitly linking the decision to the administration’s tariff...

Insights & Analysis: Weakened US economy and tariff uncertainty unsettles corporates

Trump’s long-dreaded and much-amended tariffs increased the US tariff rate to more than 18% this month – up more than eightfold on 2024’s levels....

Insight & Analysis: Municipals’ primary and secondary markets hit records

According to Sifma data, municipals’ primary markets issued a record US$162.8 billion of new debt in the second quarter of 2025, eclipsing the previous...

Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch

Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises. Credit risk...

China takes a bigger slice of global FI pie

China has seen a growing share of global fixed income markets outstanding since 2014, with SIFMA data showing it to be one of the...

Insights & Analysis: UBS tracks rising quality in US high yield

In an analysis of US credit fundamentals for high yield (HY) debt, investment banking giant, UBS, via its HOLT valuation service acquired from Credit...

Rules & Ratings: Big Beautiful Bill highlights US credit cracks

Fitch Ratings has adjusted a quarter of its US sector outlooks for 2025 to ‘deteriorating’. The agency cited slowing growth, increasing uncertainty and the expectation...

Insights & Analysis: Man Group quants qualify today’s economic regime

Amara Mulliner, a quant researcher at Man AHL and University of Cambridge economics graduate, and her colleagues have proposed a new way to qualify...