Fitch China Ratings

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  Fitch Downgrades China's Rating To 'A', Outlook Stable

  Global ratings agency Fitch downgraded China's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating from 'A+' to 'A' on Thursday, noting weakening finances and debt concerns.

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  Ratings Agency Fitch Downgrades China Credit Outlook Over Debt Fears

  Ratings agency Fitch said Wednesday it had downgraded China's sovereign credit outlook to negative, citing increased risks to the country's public finances, in a move Beijing swiftly called "regrettable".

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  Trade Wars Causing Collateral Damage To Global Economic Outlook: Report

  Threats to global growth outlook from protectionism have become much more significant in recent months which raise the possibility of disruptions to trade and investments, according to Fitch Ratings Inc.

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  Despite Demonetisation, India's GDP Growth Will Be Higher Than China's: Fitch Ratings

  In October 2016, Fitch forecast 7.4 per cent growth for India in the current fiscal year. The agency also added that the growth would accelerate to eight per cent only by 2018-2019, on account of a lagged impact of monetary easing.

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  No Relief Seen for Indian Steelmakers Despite Floor Price: Fitch

  Slow domestic demand growth and overcapacity will numb the impact on Indian steelmakers from a floor price just imposed on steel product imports to stem inflows from China, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

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  China Slowdown May Hit Energy, Steel Sectors in Asia Pacific: Fitch

  Energy and steel may be the hardest-hit sectors in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the event of a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth, says Fitch Ratings.

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  Fitch Affirms JLR Ratings With Positive Outlook

  Fitch has reaffirmed the long-term foreign currency issuer default rating and senior unsecured ratings of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover at 'BB-' with positive outlook.

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  Fitch Lowers India's Economic Growth Projections

  Fitch, however, said it expects that India's GDP growth rate this year to surpass China's for the first time since 1999, forecasting an acceleration to 8.1 per cent in 2016-17 before settling back to 8.0 per cent in 2017-18.

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  India to Grow at 7.8% in 2015-16, Surpass China: Fitch

  Among the BRICS grouping, GDP growth will range from 7.8 per cent in India to a contraction of 3 per cent in Russia and 1.5 per cent in Brazil this year, said the Global Economic Outlook released by the Fitch Ratings.

• Moody's lowers China outlook after Fitch downgrade

  The report said more reform would be necessary to prevent a buildup of pressures that could increase the risks of a hard landing for the Chinese economy. But it credited China for maintaining better fiscal metrics than Belgium or France, and noted that China's massive international investment position means its external assets exceed its domestic l...

• Fitch issues warning against China's growth model

  Global ratings agency Fitch has warned that China's "investment-driven growth model" faces increasingly serious constraints due to heavy debt financing by local governments.

• Judging the impact of a junk-rated India: It's not as bad as it looks

  Overseas portfolio investors have also been conditioned to low expectations for a government that has long disappointed on fiscal reforms - the key factor in whether or not India averts a ratings downgrade. Given its sizeable forex reserves and low overseas debt, a downgrade would not trigger financial turmoil.

• China cuts rates as global crisis deepens: Ten latest developments

  China's surprise interest rate cut on Thursday means euro area's crisis is deepening as much to hurt the global economy.

• Rupee slump costly for $5.5 bn in convertible bonds

  Investor fear about the fate of the euro zone is the latest factor to have hit confidence in India, undermining the currency.