# moodys - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Moody’s have downgraded the UK from AAA to AA1.
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# moodys - Friday 8 February, 2013
Danske Bank Markets said it now expects rating agencies to upgrade Ireland’s status while businesses say the deal will improve consumer confidence.
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# moodys - Saturday 1 December, 2012
The European Stability Mechanism has been downgraded by Moody’s, following a similar drop for France.
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# moodys - Monday 8 October, 2012
Moody’s said that a ‘weakening in the political commitment’ among eurozone states towards the ESM would have negative implications.
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# moodys - Friday 28 September, 2012
The results will follow yesterday’s budget announcement of over €30 billion in cuts.
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# moodys - Thursday 20 September, 2012
County by county survey shows that there are still “substantial losses to be realised on irish residential mortgage loans”.
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# moodys - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Ratings agency also revised stable outlooks for the Netherlands and Luxembourg to ‘negative’.
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# moodys - Friday 13 July, 2012
The credit rating agency has downgraded the third largest eurozone economy just hours ahead of its latest bond sale.
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# moodys - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Banks downgraded last night include one of the eurozone’s biggest – Banco Santander.
# moodys - Friday 22 June, 2012
Moody’s said the mass downgrade reflected the banks’ ability repay their debts.
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# moodys - Saturday 16 June, 2012
The ratings agency also says that the Irish economy will only grow by 0.2 per cent in 2012.
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# moodys - Thursday 14 June, 2012
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The credit ratings agency has said that it has placed Cyprus’ rating on review for further possible downgrade.
# moodys - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
The downgrade comes on foot of an agreement reached at the weekend to bailout Spain’s troubled banking system.
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# moodys - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Moody’s says six major banks, including the country’s second-biggest Commerzbank, are at risk of eurozone turmoil.
# moodys - Friday 18 May, 2012
The ratings agency raised fears over the “creditworthiness” of the country and its ability to support its banks.
# moodys - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
The banks include the country’s two largest banks, with one third of the market – while 10 banks are now ‘junk’.
# moodys - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Despite the fall of the country’s government over budget disagreements yesterday, the Netherlands raised €2 billion at a bond auction today.
# moodys - Friday 6 April, 2012
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# moodys - Thursday 15 March, 2012
The nation has held onto its AAA rating but has been warned it could lose its top rating if cut-backs are eased.
# moodys - Monday 5 March, 2012
The only ratings agency to rank Ireland at ‘junk’ status says Ireland will have difficulty getting back to the markets.
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# moodys - Monday 27 February, 2012
In its weekly credit outlook, Moody’s welcomes the plans to sell state assets – but that our position remains “challenging”.
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# moodys - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
What downgrade? Italy flogs billions in 12-year bonds with interest rates falling dramatically on a similar bond last month.
France and the UK were both warned that they could lose their coveted AAA credit rating.
# moodys - Monday 16 January, 2012
It follows Standard & Poor’s downgrade of France and others on Friday.
# moodys - Thursday 29 December, 2011
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# moodys - Thursday 22 December, 2011
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At the same time, one-fifth of all mortgage holders are believed to be having difficulties in meeting mortgage repayments.
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# moodys - Friday 16 December, 2011
Moody’s already rates Ireland’s bonds as junk – but now says that that outlook for Belgium is “negative”.
# moodys - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Moody’s says that the fragility of the state’s economic recovery coupled with recent eurozone pressures mean growth won’t hit the govt target for 2012.
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# moodys - Monday 12 December, 2011
Moody’s follows the lead of Standard & Poor’s, complaining about “the absence of measures to stabilise credit markets”.
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# moodys - Friday 9 December, 2011
The ratings agency says the ongoing euro crisis means the eurozone is a “fragile operating environment for European banks” at the moment.
# moodys - Monday 28 November, 2011
Fresh warnings over health of the eurozone as the OECD and Moody’s voice concerns over continuing spread of debt contagion.
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The ratings agency said “multiple defaults” are now a possibility, and that more than one country could be forced to leave the euro.
# moodys - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
European leaders are feeling the pressure today as Spain becomes the latest country to experience a credit rating downgrade.
# moodys - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
The agency says it may put France’s Aaa rating on negative outlook in the coming months over a weakening in the government’s financial position.
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