Rules & Ratings: France falls in Fitch’s ratings
France has suffered a blow to its credit ratings, downgraded by Fitch to AA- from A+ with a stable outlook.
A catalyst for this change...
Rules & Ratings: Delta gets a positive outlook upgrade at Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised Delta Art Lines’ credit rating outlook from stable to positive, and affirmed its BBB- long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR).
This change...
Insights & Analysis: UBS: Opportunity to “lock in rates higher” ahead of cuts
Fed governors appear to be leaning into a more dovish approach ahead of expected rate cuts this September, UBS observed in a research note,...
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...
