"The proliferation of other forms of credit beyond bank lending is a source of growing risk from a financial-stability perspective, " Fitch Ratings said.
On Wednesday, Fitch Ratings said that if the debt ceiling did not get raised, then the country faced a downgrade from its current AAA status.
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Late Wednesday afternoon in Europe, Fitch Ratings said it had cut Iceland's long-term sovereign currency issuer default ratings to "BBB-, " from "A, " putting them firmly in "junk" territory.
In fact, for the third year in a row the default rate for non-investment grade bonds stood at 1.9 percent, Fitch Ratings said Monday in a special report.
Fitch Ratings said in a press release on Monday that it would be carefully watching the new president for signs of honest reform and spending reductions, or else it could face some sort of downgrade.
The ratings agency said plans for the private sector to roll over debts could trigger a default under its ratings criteria.
Also, the government could fall short of achieving its subsidy-reduction target, the ratings company said.
One of the ratings agencies said "the future of the euro will be decided at the gates of Rome".
"The city's debt load has increased substantially over the past decade resulting from an aggressive infrastructure and economic development expansion plan, " the ratings firm said.
In turn, the country's departure from the eurozone would "result in widespread default on private sector as well as sovereign euro-denominated obligations, " the ratings agency said.
The ratings agency said the U.S. economy had numerous strengths, but political intransigence continued to raise questions over whether policy makers could work together to address long-term fiscal problems.
The market place was also relieved after key ratings agencies said they would not immediately downgrade the U.S. credit rating after the super committee failed to reach agreement on spending cuts.
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John Bella, managing director in ABS at Fitch Ratings, said net losses on auto asset-backed securities have fallen steadily since the crisis four years ago, and the deals are now backed by stronger collateral, or loans made to so-called prime borrowers.
Similarly, a standard complaint is that that promise to bail out lowers the cost of credit to the banks: obviously, the promise raises their credit ratings, just as the withdrawal has just lowered said ratings.
As for what Reilly left behind at his most recent post, beyond pressure and poor ratings, he said he hopes Friday Night Lights, a critically acclaimed ratings laggard that he fervently championed during his tenure at the network, has a long run.
"Once we start to see this happen, we will stop believing that governments will support senior debtholders and we will downgrade our ratings, " said Bridget Gandy, managing director for financial institutions at Fitch Ratings.
Ratings agencies have said they would consider downgrading the U.S. triple-A rating, the highest possible, if the government defaults on its current debt.
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The chairman of the French central bank, Christian Noyer, has said ratings agencies should downgrade the UK before France because its economy is weaker.
Also on Monday, ratings agency Fitch said it would view a regulatory block of the attempted acquisition of BSkyB as "negative" for News Corp and Macquarie downgraded News Corp. to "underperform" due to the regulatory uncertainty.
Moody's also cut Iceland's sovereign rating to "A1, " from "Aa1, " and said its ratings were on review, according to TradeTheNews.com.
"That's a signal that Obama's personal appeal, rather than his stands on the issues, are boosting his overall ratings, " Holland said.
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He retains buy ratings on both and said that if United and Delta pull back due to flu fears, he would be a buyer.
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The ratings agency Fitch has said that Argentina, which is locked in a court battle in New York over its debt, will probably default on what it owes.
Asked if they felt valued within their service, 49% of ratings in the navy said they did not, along with 44% of soldiers and 53% of airmen and women.
In our December poll, 30% gave Obama's handling of Afghanistan positive ratings (7% excellent and 23% good) and 67% of likely voters gave him negative ratings (30% said fair and 37% poor).
Credit ratings agency Fitch has said the country, which has a population of one million, would need 4bn euros to support its banks, the equivalent of almost a quarter of its GDP, or economic output, last year.
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But the problem with at least one of those semi-rational explanations is that all three ratings agencies have today said they're not going to downgrade France from AAA, and also that the price of French government bonds has actually risen today, which would be a good thing for French banks.
"There's a difference between having a gizmo and having a ratings service, " he said.
"My first thought was they are padding to make their on-time ratings better, " he said.
It's also part of a trend in which generally lower-rated cable channels reboot themselves in order to boost ratings and revenue, Adgate said.
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