Credit conditions remained favorable in emerging markets in the fourth quarter of 2017. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The 2018 global corporate default tally increased to seven this week after Canada-based RGL Reservoir Management Inc., U.S.-based Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC, and one confidential issuer defaulted. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

Covering noteworthy research produced by S&P Global Ratings analysts in the region, "Latin America Monday Morning RoundUp" provides investors with a quick credit overview to start their week. Director Arturo Sanchez hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

We recently published an article on growth expectations for banks in the region during this year. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Director Arturo Sánchez explains the global factor that underpins improved growth prospects for the regional GDP as well as the downside risks inherent to election season in several countries and NAFTA renegotiations.

Recientemente publicamos un artículo sobre las expectativas de crecimiento para los bancos en América Latina. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Arturo Sánchez, Director, trata el factor global que apuntala mejores perspectivas de crecimiento para el PIB regional así como los retos en materia política derivados de temporadas de elecciones y las renegociaciones del TLCAN.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Associate Director Hanna Zhang recapped the year that just passed and discussed credit implications behind key market developments in the U.S.

The global tally of companies poised for downgrades fell for the fourteenth consecutive month with 67 removals in December, to 527 as of Dec. 26, 2017, from 555 as of Nov. 27. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The number of potential bond upgrades increased to 341 as of Dec. 26, 2017, a level last surpassed in January 2008 (350). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

Covering noteworthy research produced by S&P Global Ratings analysts in the region, "Latin America Monday Morning RoundUp" provides investors with a quick credit overview to start their week. Senior Director Jose Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

The decade-long trend of globally weakening sovereign ratings may have come to an end. In this CreditMatters TV segment S&P Global Rating’s Sovereign Chief Rating Officer, Moritz Kraemer, discusses the improved global ratings outlook.