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  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Markets InsightEuropean Central Bank
    Italy can deal with higher interest rates

    ECB should not let worries over country’s debt stand in way of greater monetary policy action against inflation

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Markets InsightSovereign bonds
    The case for ‘truly-long-term’ debt ratings

    As challenges of climate change and ageing mount, investors need benchmarks for risks in decades to come

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Markets InsightEmerging market investing
    Bondholders need to forgive some African sovereign debt

    Coronavirus pandemic has brought the continent’s day of reckoning forward

  • Friday, 10 April, 2020
    Markets InsightEurozone economy
    The eurozone is at risk of a debt crisis worse than the last one

    Most vulnerable member states are starting from a significantly weaker position

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    Markets InsightEuropean Central Bank
    Why the ECB should gear up for a ‘helicopter money’ drop

    Negative rates are not working. It’s time policymakers tried a more radical approach

  • Friday, 14 June, 2019
    Markets InsightForeign aid
    If Britain baulks on its Brexit bill, poor countries could suffer

    Reneging on £39bn payment may lead to downgrades of multilateral development banks

  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
    US economy
    Do not expect rating agencies to dock the US

    S&P and Co are maintaining stable outlooks despite shutdowns and widening deficit

  • Friday, 11 November, 2016
    Brexit
    ‘Hard Brexit’ most likely outcome for the UK – S&P
  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
    World
    Sovereign downgrades set to accelerate – S&P
  • Friday, 24 June, 2016
    World
    S&P: UK likely to lose AAA credit rating
  • Thursday, 23 June, 2016
    fastFTChris Nuttall
    Opening Quote: Tesco; DS Smith; oh yes, and Brexit
  • Thursday, 23 June, 2016
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  • Thursday, 29 October, 2015
    Brexit
    Brexit vote risks double rating cut, S&P warns

    Departure from EU in referendum could result in downgrade by as much as two notches

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