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Rating agencies

July 2024

  • Thames Water vans

    Thames Water breaches licence as part of its debt downgraded to junk

    Move by ratings company Moody’s puts Thames in breach its operating licence but Ofwat likely to hold off on large fine

April 2024

  • Construction cranes at construction sites near office buildings of the main business district in Beijing, China

    Ratings agency downgrades China debt outlook over economic uncertainty

    Fitch cut to negative comes as country moves away from reliance on growth from property sector

February 2024

  • Water running from a tap

    ‘Elevated’ risk of hackers targeting UK drinking water, says credit agency

    Moody’s warning over hacking’s effect on debts may bolster water utilities’ plans to hike bills to cover needed investments

January 2024

  • Shipping containers at Qingdao Port in China

    China’s many systemic problems dominate its outlook for 2024

    George Magnus
    Japan’s example 30 years ago shows islands of excellence can combine with deep structural imbalances

December 2023

  • Cyclists take selfies as they take a rest against the sunrise in Pudong, China's financial and commercial hub, in Shanghai, China

    Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative as economy slows

    Rating agency says Beijing may need to bail out local governments as property sector collapses

September 2023

  • A view of the Capitol with two red traffic lights

    Business live
    US government shutdown bad for credit rating, Moody’s warns; UK economy ‘close to stagnation’ – as it happened

    Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

August 2023

  • Fitch had first flagged the possibility of a downgrade in May amid the US debt ceiling negotiations.

    Surprise US credit rating downgrade draws White House ire

    Fitch changed the country’s rating from AAA to AA+, citing fiscal deterioration and down-to-the wire debt ceiling negotiations

May 2023

  • Two women walk past a shop window on 5th Avenue

    UK and US poised to fall into recession as interest rates dampen growth

    Moody’s report shows weak growth across G20 as central banks move to reduce persistent high inflation

October 2022

  • City of London financial district during evening rush hour in London

    UK economic outlook downgraded to ‘negative’ by rating agency

  • Money Hacks Debt WEB

    Money hacks
    How to manage and reduce your debt

  • How an address is recorded by Royal Mail is crucial to a credit rating.

    A tiny error in your address could wreck your credit rating

  • The window of an estate agent in Holmfirth, Britain

    Business live
    Kwarteng to ‘work closely’ with banks as five-year mortgage rates hit 6%; pound falls through $1.12 – as it happened

  • Rating agency Fitch downgrades UK credit outlook

  • Optus data breach: how to protect yourself from credit fraud

May 2022

  • Klarna logo and smartphone

    Klarna to start reporting UK customer debts to credit agencies

    Move by Swedish firm, the UK’s leading buy now, pay later company, will begin on 1 June

April 2022

  • The Kremlin, Moscow

    Russia near to defaulting on overseas debts, says rating agency

  • illustration of a man on a running machine trying to reach his mortgage

    Money hacks
    How to get yourself mortgage ready

March 2021

  • Wind turbines and a coal-fired power station in Germany

    UK, US and others face credit rating fall over CO2 emissions - study

    Sovereign debt downgrades in store for many nations unless they act on climate crisis, researchers say

December 2020

  • Workers harvest fresh tea leaves in the fields of Fort Portal, Uganda

    Project Syndicate economists
    Why the Covid economic crisis has hit poorer nations less deeply than feared

    Barry Eichengreen
    If global growth resumes in 2021 some developing countries may skate through the crisis. Others won’t be so lucky

October 2020

  • Greg Jericho

    Grogonomics graph of the week
    The Coalition is spooked by Australia's credit rating when it should be scared of recession

    Greg Jericho
    Any government worth its salt should tell Standard & Poor’s to take its warning about stimulus spending and shove it
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