Tag: Credit risk

• Wednesday, September 30th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Peru's credit risk, EMBIG, stands at 183 points, less than half the region's average

  

  Peru's EMBIG (Emerging Markets Bond Index Global) spread stood at 183 basis points, while the EMBIG Latin America spread increased 52 bps to 494 bps on September 16-23, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has reported.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  S&P declares that Argentina's extension of maturities implies a “selective default”

  

  Credit risk agency Standard & Poors announced on Thursday that it was slashing Argentina’s long-term credit rating another three notches into the deepest area of junk debt, saying the government’s plan to “unilaterally” extend maturities had triggered a brief default.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Credit risk agencies lower Brazil's growth estimates for 2019

  

  JPMorgan Chase & Co and Barclays became the latest financial institutions to lower their estimates for Brazil’s economic growth this year, on the back of weak activity data and increased political uncertainty.