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The Co-op has defended its banking business after a ratings agency said it may need "external support" to maintain regulatory capital levels. In a ...
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,...
The British economy, still struggling from the aftereffects of the 2008 Global Economic Crisis and financial disaster, now has received another boot in its ribcage. Moody's, one of the three major credit rating agencies, has cut its assessment of the UK's sovereign debt form AAA to Aa1.
George Osborne has insisted he will press ahead with austerity measures despite the UK losing its top-rated AAA credit rating. Dragged to the Commo...
George Osborne insisted Britain would not "run away" from its problems and vowed to continue with his tough austerity programme after Moody's downgrad...
Britain has had its cherished credit status downgraded by US agency Moody's. In a major blow to George Osborne's economic strategy, the agency redu...
Rating agency Moody’s has changed the European Union’s financial outlook from 'stable' to 'negative', warning that the bloc's AAA rating could als...
The vote on whether the inquiry into Libor should be a full-blown judge-led probe or a faster, more limited investigation by Parliament reaches a head...
British banking giant Barclays today saw its credit rating outlook downgraded to negative to reflect concerns over the impact of Bob Diamond's shock r...
Some of Britain's biggest banks were among 15 major financial institutions across the globe which suffered a downgrade in their credit ratings. Bar...
Some of Britain's biggest banks are poised to have their credit ratings downgraded by Moody's as soon as Thursday night as part of a wider reassessmen...
Spain's borrowing costs have spiked to 7% - so-called bailout territory - as fresh crisis threatens to descend on the fourth biggest country in the eu...
Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the credit ratings of six German and three Austrian banks amid further turmoil in the eurozone, with official fi...
Make no mistake, Moody's decision to put the UK's prized AAA credit rating on negative outlook last month would have sent a sharp shock of panic through the trading floors of the city and of course Westminster.
Influential credit ratings agency Moody's has warned there is a risk that the UK's economy could lose its gold-plated status. But why has it done this...
The credit rating agency Moody's has put the UK economy on "negative outlook", raising the prospect that Britain could be stripped of its prestigious ...
Spanish government bonds have been downgraded by the credit rating agency Moody's. Spain's credit rating was cut to A1 from Aa2 and carries a negat...
Chancellor George Osborne has backed the UK banks after Moody’s Investor Services downgraded 12 financial institutions on Friday, saying that the mo...
Moody’s has downgraded the senior debt and deposit ratings on 12 UK banks and financial institutions, a day after the Bank of England announced a £...
The Moody's credit rating agency has downgraded the senior debt and deposit ratings of 12 UK banks and building societies. Moody's says that the do...
Italy has had its credit rating downgraded by ratings agency Moody's from Aa2 to A2, with a negative outlook. "The negative outlook reflects ongoin...
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded two French banks whose share prices have dived on fears of their exposure to the eurozone debt crisis. ...
Rating agency Moody's has cut Japan's long-term sovereign debt rating, citing concerns about the size of the country's deficit and borrowing levels. ...
Exactly the same underlying conflicts of interest that damned the CDO market are present in their ratings of sovereign debt. The truth is, the global financial system hinges on the accuracy of the credit rating agencies.
Credit rating agency Moody's has cut Greece's rating, warning that a planned debt swap would constitute a default. The rating was cut another three...
