Capital Market Journal

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Year: 2024

Moody’s places Tesco Personal Finance plc’s ratings on review for downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) today placed on review for downgrade all ratings and assessments of Tesco Personal Finance plc (Tesco Bank) and its holding company Tesco Personal Finance Group plc (TPFG): Tesco Bank’s Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) and Adjusted BCA…

Moody’s downgrades Mobico’s rating to Baa3; downgrades the company’s £1.5 billion backed senior unsecured medium term note (MTN) programme to (P)Baa3 from (P)Baa2, its £250 million backed senior unsecured medium term notes due 2028

Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has today downgraded Mobico Group PLC’s (Mobico) long-term issuer rating to Baa3 from Baa2. At the same time, the rating agency downgraded the company’s £1.5 billion backed senior unsecured medium term note (MTN) programme to (P)Baa3 from…

Moody’s downgrades BY Chelmer plc’s ratings to Baa1.

Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has today downgraded to Baa1 from A3 the underlying and backed senior secured ratings of the GBP163 million index-linked senior secured bonds due 2043 (the Bonds) issued by BY Chelmer plc (ProjectCo or BY Chelmer). The outlook…

Moody’s Ratings places on review for downgrade one rating in Canada Square Funding 7 PLC

Moody’s Ratings (“Moody’s”) has today placed on review for downgrade the rating of one note in Canada Square Funding 7 PLC. The rating action reflects lower than anticipated yield generated by the pool of mortgage loans. ….GBP 2.82M Class D…

Federal Fund Effective Rate Comparative (ATSM) Analysis of Interest Rate Forecast

CIR interest rate forecast model Cox Ingersoll Ross model to forecast interest rate variables in simple terms defines an Effective Federal Fund rate equilibrium of 4.45%, but with a forecast of a higher long-run Federal Fund Rate of 6.84% that…

Wage and Employment Effects of Non-Binding Minimum Wages

Common wisdom holds that the introduction of a non-binding minimum wage is irrelevant foractual wages and employment. Empirical and experimental research, however, has shown thatthe introduction of a minimum wage can raise even those wages that were already above thenew…

MINIMUM WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT:A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FROM THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RESEARCH

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MACROECONOMICS

Sweden’s Economic Crisis in between Recession, Housing Market Crash, and Inflationary Concerns

Sweden, known for its stable economy and high standard of living, is currently facing a severe economic crisis marked by a trifecta of challenges: recession, a collapsing housing market, and rising inflation. In this video, we’ll explore how Sweden’s once-booming…

Sweden Q1 -1.1% economic growth figures confirm recession for four quarters in a row

Latest Swedish GDP figures confirm a recessionary trend that has been accelerating in momentum, with a -1.1% Q1 economic growth decrease year on year and -0.1% flat negative Quarter on Quarter, economic contraction of the Swedish economy could be a…

Comcast overpriced acquisition of Sky plc implied devastating effects on Comcast debt leverage. Soon the corporate could seek for potential buyers to offload Sky plc

Comcast balance sheet has been poisoned with the acquisition of the British Broadcast Sky Plc, that has brought additional leverage and multibillion Dollar long term Debt Burden on Comcast Balance Sheet, while also having to fund very expensive business unproductive…