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Moody’s stays mum on SA status

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The ratings agency did not make a decision on South Africa’s rating leaving some analysts asking just when the axe will fall
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Mboweni’s Budget shows further erosion in SA’s fiscal strength — Moody’s

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Moody's currently has South Africa's debt at Baa3 with a stable outlook, one notch above junk status
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‘Weak state entities a risk to SA’s credit rating’ — Moody’s

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An upgrade would be possible through the implementation of structural reforms to raise growth
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No let-up in Turkey lira slide after Moody’s downgrades

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The currency has been hit by concerns over monetary policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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South Africa dodges junk status and gains a stable economic outlook

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Moody's has revised the country's outlook from negative to stable.
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Dodging the credit ratings wrecking ball

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The budget should placate ratings agencies, but analysts say we need solid political leadership and policy reforms to evade full-blown junk status
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Global credit ratings agency has downgraded South Africa to junk status

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S&P Global has downgraded SA’s credit rating to full junk status, while its counterpart Moody’s has placed the country on review for downgrade.
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Fitch becomes second agency to downgrade SA’s credit rating to junk

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Fitch cited the recent Cabinet reshuffle as a reason for the downgrade.
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S&P downgrades South Africa’s credit rating to junk status

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The decision taken at an emergency meeting follows President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday.
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South Africa’s negative outlook sign of downgrade to follow – S&P

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According to analysts, S&P is likely to downgrade South Africa’s sovereign credit rating to junk status by mid-2017.
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Ratings agencies are false prophets of doom

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Their opaque methodology and the inconsistent results generated in recent years have rightly brought ratings agencies under sharper scrutiny.
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Fitch changes South Africa’s credit rating outlook to negative

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Moody’s will release the review of its credit rating, which is at two levels above junk with a negative outlook, later on Friday
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