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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s record spending binge, aimed at shoring up support before elections as early as next month, may risk the country’s first credit-rating downgrade since the Asian financial crisis.
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Andrew Colquhoun, Hong Kong-based head of Asia-Pacific ratings for Fitch Ratings, comments on the prospects of a change in credit rating for the Philippines in an interview in Singapore.
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Japan’s creditworthiness is under pressure as the government’s debt burden swells and households save less, Fitch Ratings analyst Andrew Colquhoun said.
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Japan’s March 11 earthquake may help politicians come together in the wake of the crisis, according to Fitch Ratings.
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Quantitative easing in developed countries is a “key theme” for credit risk in emerging markets, Andrew Colquhoun , head of Asia-Pacific sovereign debt at Fitch Ratings, said today at a conference in Hong Kong.
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Fitch Ratings said that any further deterioration in Indian government finances may “weigh” on the nation’s debt ratings, even though last week’s decision to increase the annual borrowing plan was expected.
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Inflation in China could hinder Asia’s economic growth and damage the ratings outlook for countries in the region this year, according to Fitch Ratings.
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Indonesia’s sovereign credit outlook is improving as inflation eases, even as Southeast Asia’s largest economy remains vulnerable to volatile global investor confidence, Fitch Ratings said.
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China’s stocks fell, driving the benchmark index to its biggest loss in three weeks, on concern a slowdown in the economy is hurting earnings as Europe’s debt crisis curbs exports to the nation’s biggest market.
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Fitch Ratings is poised to cut growth estimates for Asian nations as Europe’s debt crisis weighs on the outlook for the world economy.
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