Fitch: China Automobile Markets Record First Month of Recovery
Oct 29, 2015 01:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Fitch Ratings says in its first monthly issue of China Auto Watch that passenger vehicle (PV) sales are likely to improve in 4Q15. Recent vehicle purchase tax cuts by government, effective from October 2015, will help to...
Oct 28, 2015 00:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says Koreas Aa3 long-term government bond ratings with a positive outlook take into account the Korean economys resilience to external shocks, as well as an expectation of sustained and robust...
Moody's: Denmark's strong credit profile underpinned by improving economy and low public debt
Oct 27, 2015 09:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The strengthening economy and continued robust public finances support Denmarks (Aaa stable) credit profile, says Moodys Investors Service in a new report. It notes that the two structural features that differentiate...
REUTERS SUMMIT - Oman to go for growth as oil hits budget
Oct 27, 2015 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Oman will continue to invest in strengthening and diversifying its economy despite the damage to its state finances from low oil prices, the Central Bank of Omans executive president has told a Reuters summit. Cheap oil...
Fitch: Sri Lanka Consumer Durables Demand to Remain Healthy in 2016
Oct 27, 2015 03:21 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The conducive demand environment for Sri Lanka-based consumer durables retailers is likely to continue in the short to medium term despite possible headwinds from depreciation in the Sri Lankan rupee against major...
Fitch: Rise in China Home Sales Accelerate; Onshore Issuance Still Favoured
Oct 27, 2015 01:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Fitch Ratings says in its latest China Property Watch that the increases in contracted sales and gross floor area sold accelerated in September 2015, while new-home prices increased in more than half of the major...
Fitch: Some Malaysia 2016 Budget Details Look Optimistic
Oct 27, 2015 01:05 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Some of the detailed assumptions in Malaysias 2016 federal budget look optimistic, posing some downside risk to the projections, Fitch Ratings says. Fitch expects Malaysias fiscal and broader economic outlook to remain...
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