After Emerging Market Default, Sovereign Ratings Follow A Diverse Recovery
The path of sovereign ratings after default is diverse, ranging from serial defaults to recovery to investment grade. Overall, the…
China’s Debt Relief To Support Liquidity In Stressed Emerging Markets
China’s debt relief efforts have the potential to add support to a number of emerging markets (EMs) under pressure from…
IMF Deal Prompts Ukraine Upgrade, Investor Confidence May Follow
Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) on June 12 upgraded the Government of Ukraine’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to B3…
Fitch Takes Namibia Down To “Junk”
Fitch Ratings this month announced that it had downgraded Namibia to junk status, just two weeks after the country’s finance minister Calle Schlettwein…
Turkish Referendum May Lead To Economic Reform
Turkey’s constitutional referendum is part of a political shift that has been negative for the country’s sovereign credit profile, but…
Nigeria Outlook Now At “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: OPEC Nation Down A Notch From ‘Stable’ Global agency Fitch Ratings this week revised its outlook on Nigeria‘s…
Kenya Outlook Placed On “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: Account Deficit Leads To Negative Outlook Kenya, which has improved its country ranking by 21 to 108 in the…
Outlook For Ghana Placed At “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: Ghana Ratings Affirmed With “Negative” Outlook Fitch Ratings in September affirmed Ghana‘s long-term foreign and local currency issuer…
Sustainability, Renewability, Power Brazil’s Fibria
The global market for forest products isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when discussing the invigorating eucalyptus plant.…
Angola Forecast Cut Amid Low Oil
Frontier Friday: Angola Growth Halved, Revenues Shortened OPEC-member Angola appears to be heading for a very rough patch of economic…
Nigeria: After The Devaluation
Frontier Friday: Higher Inflation, Deep Contraction Ahead for Nigeria Nigeria’s official currency, the naira (NGN), has fallen by 30% following…
Nigeria’s Lagos State Downgraded
Frontier Friday: Fitch Downgrades Nigeria‘s Lagos State to ‘B+’; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings has downgraded the long-term foreign currency Issuer Default…
