Fixed Interests

Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Ed Parker, Sovereigns Managing Director, discuss Fitch's Global Economic Outlook for 2024, including stagnation in the Eurozone, property market concerns in China, and slowing growth in the US

Federico Barriga Salazar, Head of Western European Sovereigns, and Greg Kiss, Sovereigns Director, discuss how underlying fiscal trends in Western Europe have become more challenging in 2023, and divergent debt dynamics among the regions' economies.

Head of EMEA Sovereigns Jan Friederich is joined by MEA Associate Director Thomas Garreau to discuss the functioning of sovereign restructurings under the G20 Common Framework and cases of its application.

APAC Frontier Markets continue to face external financing challenges - join Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereigns, and Sovereign Directors Sagarika Chandra and Krisjanis Krustins, for a discussion of what to expect in these markets in 2024.

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Richard Francis, Senior Director, Sovereigns, discuss the recently averted US government shutdown, the August 1st ratings downgrade, and the outlook for US public finances & the rating going forward.

As Fitch cuts its forecasts for China’s economic growth, Thomas Rookmaaker, Jeremy Zook and Brian Coulton discuss the implications of the deteriorating macro-outlook for China’s sovereign creditworthiness.

Toby Iles, Head of Middle East and Africa Sovereigns, and Doug Winslow, Senior Director, Sovereigns, discuss the direction of reform and related credit developments since the new Nigerian administration took office.

Will the Bank of Japan follow the world in tightening? How far could rates go? What could that mean for public finances? Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereigns, and Krisjanis Krustins, Primary Analyst on Japan, explore Fitch’s latest thinking.

In the latest edition of Fixed Interests, Ed Parker, Global Head of Sovereigns Research, and Laure de Nervo, Primary Egypt Analyst, look into the current pressures on Egypt’s economy following Fitch’s downgrade of its sovereign credit rating in May.

In the latest episode of Fixed Interests, Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Ed Parker, Global Head of Sovereigns Research, explore Fitch's new Global Economic Outlook report, covering China's recovery, central bank inflation concerns, and more.

Paul Gamble, Head of Emerging European Sovereigns, and Erich Arispe, Sovereigns Senior Director, discuss the recent elections in Turkey, and how policy decisions by the Erdogan administration may impact the domestic economy

In the latest episode of Fixed Interests, James Longsdon, Global Head of Banks, and Christopher Wolfe, Head of Bank Ratings, North America,  discuss the recent volatility in the US banking sector, including what still to watch in 2023.

Crude oil exports to Western Europe are vital to Kazakhstan's economy - learn more about the related geopolitical challenges from Michele Napolitano, Head of Western European Sovereigns, and Arvind Ramakrishnan, Director, Emerging Europe Sovereigns

In this edition of Fixed Interests, Sovereigns Senior Director Thomas Rookmaaker, and Director Jeremy Zook, discuss India's fiscal outlook after the recent budget, including plans for sustaining growth while targeting modest deficit reductions.

In the latest episode of Fixed Interests, Mike Girard, Director, ABS, and Mark Narron, Senior Director, Financial Institutions, explore how recent bank rate hikes are impacting Canadian consumers - from unemployment rates, to household debt & more.

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Todd Martinez, Senior Director, Sovereigns, discuss the policy and rating outlook for Brazil under the new government of President Lula, following his October election win over Jair Bolsonaro.

Brian Coulton, Chief Economist and Ed Parker, Sovereigns Managing Director discuss the recessionary outlook in Europe and the US as inflation pressures broaden and central banks are forced to take tougher monetary policy actions.

The US government recently announced new restrictions on China’s access to US semiconductor technology - join Fitch analysts Carla Taylor, Jason Pompeii and Chaim Kurland for a discussion on what to expect from the new regulations going into 2023.