Stories for January 17th 2013

Thursday, January 17th 2013 - 00:37 UTC
Britain’s prized AAA credit rating under ‘significant pressure’; review in March

Britain’s prized AAA credit rating remains under “significant pressure”, the Fitch rating agency warned this week. David Riley, the head of global sovereign ratings at the agency, said Chancellor George Osborne’s admission in last month’s autumn statement that he would miss his 2016 target date for public debt to start falling had been a “negative event” for the UK.

Britain’s prized AAA credit rating under ‘significant pressure’; review in March