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Credit Quality Of Australia's Materials And Energy Sectors Cools, Report Says Credit quality across Australia's materials and energy sectors is expected to maintain a negative tone in the near term, even though many companies continue to benefit from the ongoing resources boom.
When Fear Overtakes Fundamentals In Credit Markets Global capital markets currently face single-day movements of 30% or more in share prices of financial companies and volatility in borrowing rates and spreads on credit default swaps. When uncertainty of this magnitude dominates the markets, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes that the assessment of a financial institution's credit profile should take into account the interaction between fundamental credit elements and short-term factors shaped by market distress.
Report Discusses How Stock Prices Can Affect Ratings The price of a company's shares is one of the many factors that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services may consider in rating a company's debt. However, a company's share price, by itself, is never the primary factor in how we analyze the creditworthiness of a company.
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> U.S. Economic Woes Reverberate Globally, But Not Like Before
A sluggish U.S. performance hasn't hurt other countries the way it often has in the past. Join Standard & Poor's Senior Economist Beth Ann Bovino for an interesting look at how U.S. economic troubles are playing out in other parts of the world and why it's different this time.

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Join some of our most senior corporate ratings analysts as they discuss what’s been happening in various industry sectors and what the outlooks are.
29 October, Sydney