Standard & Poor's
S&P dashes hopes of upgrade, keeps India at BBB-
25 Nov 2017
Keeping India's ratings on hold, Standard & Poor’s said, "Ratings are constrained by India's low wealth levels, measured by GDP per capita, , which we estimate at close to $2,000 in 2017, which [is] the lowest of all investment-grade sovereigns that we rate"
Rating agencies see long-term gains from demonetisation
26 Nov 2016
International rating agencies have given the thumbs-up to the government’s decision to demonetise, saying it is worth the short-term pain
S&P downgrades Saudi Arabia on oil price slump
31 Oct 2015
Earlier this week, IMF said that Saudi Arabia could exhaust all its cash reserves in five years and would become bankrupt, if oil prices continue at the same levels the government spending remains umaltered
Indian IT firms set for acquisitions binge: S&P
21 Oct 2015
S&P refuses to upgrade India’s ‘BBB-‘ rating
20 Oct 2015
Moody’s joins S&P in calling for gas price hike
05 Oct 2015
India's lower income level, weaker fiscal position weigh on its sovereign credit metrics
23 Feb 2015
S&P reaches $1.4-bn settlement with US courts on inflated mortgage ratings
04 Feb 2015
The inaccurate ratings issued from 2004 through 2007 were claimed to have helped to spark off the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression
Russia to trim deficit as S&P “junks” its credit rating
27 Jan 2015
With continued western sanctions on some of Russia’s biggest companies over Ukraine amidst falling oil prices, S&P expects Russia's economy to slide into recession this year
S&P revises outlook on India from negative to stable
26 Sep 2014
S&P said it could further raise the rating if the economy reverts to a real per capita GDP trend growth of 5.5 per cent and India's fiscal, external or inflation metrics improve
S&P upgrades UK’s rating outlook to Stable
14 Jun 2014
S&P warned that the rating could be imperiled if Britain leaves the EU, a move the country's Conservative Party has pledged to put to a referendum in 2017
S&P reminds Modi of unfinished reforms
17 May 2014
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