Fitch Ratings

Fitch Strips UK Of AAA Credit Rating

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK

Ratings agency Fitch has stripped the UK of its AAA rating due to its "weaker economic and fiscal outlook". The agency placed the UK on an AA+ rating,...

Ratings Agency Puts UK Economy On Watch For A Downgrade

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK

Credit ratings agency Fitch has put the UK's economy on watch for a downgrade, heightening the possibility of a negative outlook rating after April's ...

Why the Views of the Ratings Agencies Are Clearly Overrated

Jeremy Cook | Posted 01.12.2012 | UK Politics
Jeremy Cook

I have written about today's topic a fair few times in the past, but Friday's late announcement by the ratings agency, Fitch, that they were putting the UK's credit rating on a 'negative outlook', cannot be passed up.

Britain's AAA Credit Rating Confirmed In Boost To Osborne's Budget

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK

Britain's gold-plated AAA credit rating was affirmed by Standard & Poor's on Friday in a boost to Chancellor George Osborne's belt-tightening austerit...

The Budget: Ignore the Ratings Agencies

Jeremy Cook | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK
Jeremy Cook

Last week we saw the ratings agency Fitch downgrade the UK's credit outlook from 'stable' to 'negative'. Cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the corridors of power throughout Westminster, with the coalition government saying this justifies their position as the 'guardians of austerity', whilst the Labour party mumbled about how these parsimonious plans clearly weren't working.

Eurozone Crisis 'Unsolvable'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK

Solving the eurozone crisis is "beyond reach" politically and technically, according to a credit rating agency. Fitch warned Spain, Italy, Belgium,...