Fitch: Mexican corporate liquidity remains sound despite a challenging 2015
Feb 26, 2015 17:05 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Liquidity remains strong for Mexican corporates but has slightly deteriorated in the last years, according to Fitch Ratings special report Mexican Corporate Liquidity Remains Sound Despite a Challenging 2015. The aggregate...
Fitch: South African Budget Shows Persistent Fiscal Challenges
Feb 26, 2015 12:27 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
The South African budget statement highlights the challenge the government faces in narrowing the fiscal deficit, curtailing interest expenditure and containing debt, without denting the countrys already subpar economic...
RBA likely to cut rates at the policy meeting next week
Feb 26, 2015 09:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Australian business investment fell to a three-year low of 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the latest report published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The report also showed that the first...
Fitch: Challenges Remain for Under-Capitalized Sri Lankan Banks
Feb 26, 2015 03:18 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The operating environment for Sri Lankan banks is likely to improve in 2015 and 2016 with pressures on asset quality and the loans/deposits ratio diminishing and the potential for loan growth to pick up, says Fitch...
Moody's: China's local government bond market to develop further in 2015
Feb 26, 2015 01:56 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service anticipates continued development of the regional and local government (RLG) bond market in China over the next several months and while the size of issuance in 2015 will be substantially more than...
Foreign investors net buyers of Japan shares for last week
Feb 25, 2015 23:56 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Details of net investments (in billion yen):FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN stocks bonds bills Feb 15 - Feb 21 289 46.8 -1,309.00 Feb 8 - Feb 14 113.9 714.7 614.9 Feb 1 - Feb...
Moody's: Slowing loan growth to make Argentine banks more sensitive to inflation
Feb 25, 2015 18:11 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
A slowdown in loan growth at Argentinas banks because of a stagnating economy will make the banks even more vulnerable to high inflation, according to a new report from Moodys Investors Service, "Slowing Loan Growth at...
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