David Prowse and Justin Patrie discuss the key points in Fitch's 2025 Global Credit Outlook report, including positive drivers for the market such as falling interest rates, and negative drivers including escalating geopolitical risks.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Tariff uncertainty in the US, deflation pressures in China, and political instability in France and Germany are driving forecast changes for 2025. Join Brian Coulton and Ed Parker as they cover these and other developments detailed in Fitch's new Global Economic Outlook report.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Richard Francis, David Prowse, and Justin Patrie discuss the implications of the recent US election, including potential impacts on the US budget, sovereign credit profile, and the macroeconomic effects of new tariffs on global markets.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Erich Arispe, Head of Emerging Europe (EE) Sovereigns, and Malgorzata Krzywicka, Associate Director EE Sovereigns, discuss Central and Eastern Europe’s current state of public finances and the region’s fiscal consolidation prospects and challenges.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Christopher Wolfe, Managing Director for North America Banks, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, look back at US banks’ performance and rating trends in 2024 and discuss expectations for 2025, including potential post-election policy changes.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Explore the latest developments in Common Framework debt restructurings for Ethiopia, Zambia, and Ghana and the impacts of new IMF policies with Paul Gamble, Head of MEA Sovereign ratings, and Thomas Garreau, Associate Director, MEA Sovereigns.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Duncan Innes-Ker, Senior Director, Fitch Wire, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, explore challenges and opportunities for emerging market economies, including recent rate cuts, weaker demand in China, and post-election policy changes in the US.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereigns, and Jeremy Zook, Lead Analyst for India, discuss India’s sovereign rating, and what to expect from the country’s economic policy following the election of Narendra Modi to his third term as prime minister.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Richard Francis, Richard Hunter and Justin Patrie look into the potential effects the upcoming US election could have on credit, touching on the US’ sovereign rating, the different fiscal policy plans offered by the candidates, and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Head of EMEA Sovereigns Jan Friederich and Head of Western European Sovereigns Federico Barriga Salazar discuss fiscal policies in the EU, including the impact of the new fiscal rules and implications for the ECB’s Transmission Protection Instrument.بقلم Fitch Ratings

David Prowse, Senior Director, Fitch Wire, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, look into our 3Q24 Risk Headquarters report, covering the ongoing impact of high interest rates, escalating geopolitical risks, real estate market challenges and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Ed Parker, Sovereigns Managing Director, parse Fitch’s latest Global Economic Outlook report, covering focus points including the gradually slowing US economy, global monetary policy developments and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Americas Sovereigns, and Carlos Morales, Lead Mexico Analyst, look at Mexico’s recent elections, including challenges and opportunities for the new administration, and rating drivers moving forward.بقلم Fitch Ratings

With elections in the U.S. approaching, Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, and Alex Muscatelli, Director, Economics, look into the potential impact a renewed trade war sparked by US-led tariff hikes could have on the global economyبقلم Fitch Ratings

Euan Gatfield, Head of EMEA CMBS, joins Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, to explore the current CRE environment, delving into rate cycle impacts and other factors such as e-commerce, post-Covid office space utilization and the energy transitionبقلم Fitch Ratings

Paul Gamble, Head of Emerging European Sovereigns, and Erich Arispe, Lead Analyst on Turkiye, discuss the positive rating actions around Turkiye following the country’s 2023 economic policy changes, and the impact of recent local elections.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Richard Hunter, Chief Credit Officer, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, dive into the latest Risk Headquarters report, outlining the main risks to global credit this quarter including real estate, geopolitics, China macroeconomics, and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereigns, and Krisjanis Krustins, Primary Analyst on Pakistan discuss the results of Pakistan’s recent elections, their implications for IMF talks, and the country’s reform potential and funding prospects.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, and Meghan Neenan, Head of North America NBFI, dive into the rapidly expanding private credit sector, covering the origins of the space, its growing profile following the 2008 financial crisis and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Join Shelly Shetty, Head of Sovereign Ratings for Asia & the Americas, and Todd Martinez, Primary Argentina Analyst & Americas Co-Head, as they discuss the potential economic impacts and rating implications for Argentina under President Milei.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Justin Patrie, Senior Director and Head of Fitch Wire, is joined by fellow Credit Policy Senior Director Lan Wang to discuss the outlook for China’s economy, covering policy support, fiscal rebalancing and the property sector, among other topics.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Toby Iles, Head of MEA Sovereigns, joins Head of EMEA Sovereigns Jan Friederich to break down the economic and rating implications of geopolitical risks in the Middle East and North Africa.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Justin Patrie, Senior Director and Head of Fitch Wire, and Melissa Che, Senior Director, North America CMBS, explore the challenges facing U.S. commercial real estate in 2024, including refinancing issues, weakened fundamentals and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Richard Hunter, Chief Credit Officer, and Justin Patrie, Senior Director, discuss the key themes of Fitch’s recent 2024 Global Outlook report, including sustained elevated interest rates, asset quality deterioration, a US growth slowdown, and more.بقلم Fitch Ratings

Fitch sovereign analysts Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Todd Martinez, Senior Director, and Jeremy Zook, Director, discuss the impact of supply chain diversification trends such as nearshoring/friendshoring on emerging markets.بقلم Fitch Ratings