Tackling public debt, driven by rising public spending and an ageing population, was touted as a priority by government ...

Fitch projects Belgium's general government deficit will worsen to 5.5% this year from 4.5% in 2024, and remain close to 5% of GDP over the medium term. That's well above historical median deficits of ...

As for the other main ratings agencies, in late May, S&P Global Ratings said it expects U.S. oil and gas producers to reduce ...

U.S. Treasury yields have surged to their highest levels since 2007, with fiscal concerns and burgeoning deficits exerting ...

TIRED of being unfairly rated by the West, Africa's 54 countries came together to announce their own independent credit rating agency, which is set to kickstart operations before the end of this year.

Moody’s recent credit downgrade of the U.S. could push mortgage rates even higher, deepening the affordable housing crisis.

Afreximbank rejects Fitch’s credit rating cut, citing legal limits on debt actions Bank says its financials follow global standards and its risk controls remain solid African Peer Review Mechanism ...

AfCRA, a privately owned agency, is set to begin operations by September 2025 It will focus on rating local currency debt for African states and institutions The initiative aims to offer a regionally ...

ShareThe African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), a continental initiative to provide alternative assessments of repayment risks, plans to start operations by the end of September, according to a ...

Through time, governments have often been dependent on debt to finance themselves, some in the local currency and much in a ...

When will we take our national debt seriously? Moody’s downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit rating on May 16 over concerns about the nation’s $36 trillion debt. Moody’s was the last of the ...