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Cable Slumps As Fitch Places UK On Rating Watch Negative
Based on the the budget, Fitch has placed the United Kingdom's AAA taing on Watch Negative (for future downgrade):
The RWN reflect the latest economic and fiscal forecasts published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that indicate that UK government debt will peak later and at a higher level than previously expected by Fitch.
GBPUSD snapped 50 pips lower but is reverting a little now - US equities shrug (just another piece of AAA collateral nearer biting the dust).
FITCH PLACES UNITED KINGDOM ON RATING WATCH NEGATIVE
Fitch Ratings-London-22 March 2013: Fitch Ratings has placed the United Kingdom's (UK) 'AAA' Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) on Rating Watch Negative (RWN) indicating a heightened probability of a downgrade in the near term. Fitch expects to complete its review of the UK's sovereign ratings by the end of April. The UK's Short-term IDR of 'F1+' and Country Ceiling of 'AAA' are unaffected.
The RWN reflect the latest economic and fiscal forecasts published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that indicate that UK government debt will peak later and at a higher level than previously expected by Fitch. General government gross debt (GGGD) and public sector net debt are forecast by the OBR to peak in 2016-17 at 100.8% and 85.6% of GDP and only begin to decline in 2017-18. Fitch has previously stated that GGGD failing to stabilise below 100% of GDP and on a firm downward path towards 90% over the medium term would likely result in a downgrade of the UK's sovereign ratings.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
The RWN reflects the following factors:
- The upward revision by the OBR of its projections for GGGD above 100% of GDP in 2015-16 before declining as a share of national income in 2017-18. This compares with Fitch's own projections published in September 2012 that envisaged GGGD peaking at 97.3% in 2015-16.
- Since it last affirmed the UK's 'AAA' IDRs, Fitch has revised down its forecasts for economic growth in 2013 and 2014 from 1.5% and 2.0% to 0.8% and 1.8%, respectively. These forecasts were published 15 March and are broadly in line with the OBR's latest forecasts. The persistently weak performance of UK growth, in part due to European growth, has increased uncertainty around the UK's potential output and longer-term trend rate of growth with significant implications for public finances.
The UK's creditworthiness continues to be underpinned by its high-income, diversified and flexible economy - underscored by the rise in employment despite the tepid economic recovery - and the authorities' commitment to deficit reduction. The independent monetary policy framework, as well as sterling's reserve currency status, and the long average life of government debt are further rating strengths.
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Scotland to vote on independence in 2014:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/scotland-to-vote-on-independen...
"Freedommmmmm (bitchezzzzzzz)!!!"
The rules include a spending limit of £1.5-million, or $2.3-million, for the Yes and No campaigns, and a drop in the voting age to 16.
http://www.snp.org/referendum/the-new-scotland
So much for austerity.
Krugman the BoE has been pumping the pounds into the economy. They are being strangled by inflation you buffoon. The actual unemployment rate in the UK is LOW! Go feed your CAT.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/23/unemployment-rate-fell
Osborne isn't spending!
The UK just voted to keep their (asset purchases program @ 375b pounds) at current levels when analysts thought they would cut it back. I didn't say anything about QE.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/minutes/Documents/mpc/pdf/20...
Thats because of two things, the numbers are manipulated and most of the workers are working part time and/or lower pay. The UK is having major financial problems that haven't came out yet.
Krugman must have the day off from indoctrinating students at Princeton.
The plan to let 16yr olds to vote is a sign of utter, utter desperation. Of course, they came up with that ruse before the last couple of exposes showing that economically we'd be fucked if independent. That didn't go down to well. However, they have got a hold o the tiger's tail now and can't let go. They're going to have to go through with it. I've yet to meet anyone who says they are going to vote yes.
Hmm, Pound or Euro? Choices choices.
Either means more of the status quo. When they start talking about a new currency backed by something hard and tangible then I'll take notice. Until then I shall continue throwing rotten tomatoes at Salmond.
AAA...what a joke
could i have a pound of euro sliced thin,...
EU just making sure the "money laundering" is not transfered from island to island.
To paraphrase a legendary British headline:
SLUMP IN CABLE; CONTINENT CUT OFF
Good they deserve it. The new budget does nothing to solve UK financial woes.
BBC News - Budget 2013 at a glance: George Osborne's key points
Who's this "they" of whom you speak?
Yen Cross,
Where you have CNBC, we have the BBC. A more corrupt and vile organisation you will never meet. Goebbels was a complete and outright amateur compared to Auntie Propaganda.
Wow, I see the serial downticker is at work with a vengance. That's got to be a bot. No-one could be that analy retentive.
I agree the BBC is the sister station of CNN, but the breakdown of the new UK budget was broken down pretty well. Yes, we apparently have a serial 'down voter'. They must be getting paid by the click. :-)
"Diplodicus Rex" I am a yank, but have spent much time in the UK over the past 3 decades. I am so old now that I remember as a kid buying a short wave radio in order to listen to the BBC. Well, I agree with you, the BBC has become a stomach churning lie machine. Almost unbelievable in the degree to which it will go to support the USA war machine and the global Neo-Liberal Economic project. Vile is a good word to describe this gang of liars and whores of the world elite bankers and global attack on humanity in general.
New 'ratings waterfalls' busting out all over.
Dutchboy, dike, etc.
I still get my castle, don't I?
- average English citizen
Jolly good show
Not even a nuclear blast is touching ES today. It dont give A FUCK
Possible downgrade?? Oh - strong buy for stocks - algos gearing up for all in ramp.
No-one could have seen that coming.
Heil Merkel!!!
Telegraph:
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, warned Cyprus this morning that it had to abandon an economy built on a financial sector, fuelled by Russian cash, which is eight times larger than Cypriot GDP.
"It must realise its current business model is dead," she said
Chancellor Merkel cautoned Cyprus against "exhausting the patience of eurozone partners" and rejected its plan to raise €2 billion by nationalising pension funds.
'UK government debt will peak later and at a higher level than previously expected by Fitch." Go fuck yourself credit agency's. -Me
and there's this:
British gas reserves could run dry in 36 HOURS after freezing householders turn the heating up
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297296/British-gas-reserves-run...
Makes me glad I installed a wood-burning boiler connected to the central heating system 4 years ago after the first market murmurings.
Thank you Fitch, I was massively short on cable and now I have enough money to panic about a levy being imposed on my bank deposits over the weekend. Lifes a bitch.
The Masked Junker junks again, I see..
who would'a thunk it, that a pimple would turn into a boil?
So, will Fitch be warned not to warn on these matters? Only the Shadow (govt) knows...
The saga continues...
Equties to close red...on this.
Well, that's what decades of socialism - by all three political parties - do to you...
"Tax the rich!" ~ until there aren't any more of them.
Spot on :-)
Credit rating down, pound up. Makes sense! Uh ...I think?
Why is GPBSUD called cable?
Transatlantic telecomunication "Cable" : GBP.USD
"Fiber": EUR.USD "Yuppy": EUR.JPY
Proof that everyone hates the Cable Guy.