Showing posts with label Credit Risk Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Credit Risk Analysis. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2026

Portugal's Economic Recovery Looks Real, But So Do the Warning Signs of Another Crisis

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Last week, I went on a lovely trip to Portugal. I went cycling and surfing. I tried the extreme sport of coasteering for the first time. I ...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Moody's Boosted Italy's Credit Rating, But Does Rome Really Deserve It?

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For the first time in 23 years, the credit rating agency Moody's upgraded Italy's credit rating , from Baa3 to Baa2. Moody's fin...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Is the Reign of the U.S. Dollar Coming to an End?: Assessing the Future of Global Reserves

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Tariffs notwithstanding, the United States has fiscally been in such a tumult in recent years. Last month, the credit rating agency Moody...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Moody's Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating, But Congress Still Chooses Insolvency Over Fiscal Discipline

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As Congress debated Trump's tax cuts with the " Big Beautiful Bill ," the credit rating agency Moody's delivered another c...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

France Was Already Struggling with Government Spending. The Uncertainty with Macron's Snap Elections Did Not Help.

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With French President Emmanuel Macron losing his grip on political power, he decided to disband the French Parliament and call for a snap el...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Peru's Economy Seems to Be On the Road to Recovery, But It's a Bumpy Road

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Last year was a tough year for Peru. First, there was the social unrest that resulted from the ousting of then-President Pedro Castillo. The...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

CBO 2024 Fiscal Outlook Is Grim: Will the U.S. Government Finally Address Rising Federal Debt?

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Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which is the gold standard of U.S. federal legislative analysis, released its Long-Term Bu...
Monday, August 7, 2023

U.S. Credit Downgrade by Fitch's a Reminder of Deteriorating Fiscal State of Affairs

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The COVID pandemic turned the global economy upside-down. As resilient as the U.S. economy was going into the pandemic, that does not mean t...
Monday, April 15, 2019

How Is Myanmar's Economy Shaping Up for 2019?

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Myanmar is mainly in the news for its internal ethnic conflict and humanitarian abuses . Much less frequently covered is its economic outloo...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

A Look at Projections for the Argentinian Economy in 2019

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I recently vacationed in Buenos Aires for about a week. It was the first time that I traveled abroad by myself, and I have to say that I qui...
Friday, November 23, 2018

2018 Analysis of the Spanish Economy: There Is Economic Recovery in Spain, But...

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The global financial crisis reverberated throughout the global economy. Some countries were able to recover more quickly. Much like Greece, ...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Greek Economy Still a Mess Even After IMF-EU Bailout Ends

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This past Monday was as historic of a moment for Greece as Alexander the Great conquering much of the known world......okay, maybe not that ...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Turkish Lira Crisis: Why Care About Turkey's Current Account Deficits?

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Do you have those moments when you observe a situation, think it cannot get any worse, and then it gets worse? That is how I felt earlier th...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Peso Depreciation, Inflation, and Interest Rate Hike: Is Argentina Looking at a 2018 Recession?

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Panic is a word that one could use to describe the Argentinian economy right now. The Wall Street Journal recently referred to it as a death...
Monday, March 12, 2018

A Look at the Italian Economy and Ramifications of the 2018 General Election

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Last week, Italy had its General Election for its parliament members after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarel...