Moodys News

Eurozone crisis live: breakup fears grow as IMF denies Italy rescue | Business | guardian.co.uk

Moody's warned this morning there is a risk of 'multiple defaults' by euro area countries, as the International Monetary Fund denies holding rescue talks with Italy

Why America's Credit Rating Could Fall Again - Rick Newman (usnews.com)

Members of Congress seem oblivious to their dismal approval rating and the general disgust voters have been expressing since this past summer's debt-ceiling smackdown.

Killing the Recovery

The world has barely dug out of recession and the global economy is again slowing dangerously.

Mark Zandi: Obama plan would add 1.9 million jobs

The Wall Street Journal has some more reactions from economists on Obama’s proposals. Here are Goldman Sachs’ forecasters: “Thus, if enacted in its entirety, this proposal could shift the fiscal impulse in 2012 from -1.1% of GDP to +0.4% of GDP.

Moody's downgrades Japan gov't debt

Moodys ratings agency has lowered Japans government bond ratings to Aa3 and assigned it a stable outlook, it said on its website.