Moody Investor Service

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  Moody's Retains India's 2023 Growth Forecast At 6.7%

  Moody's Investors Service on Thursday retained India's economic growth forecast for 2023 at 6.7 per cent and said strong domestic demand will likely sustain the growth in the near term.

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  Global Agency Moody's Raises India's Growth Forecast To 6.7% For 2023

  Moody's Investors Service on Friday raised India's growth projection for 2023 calendar year to 6.7 per cent on account of robust economic momentum.

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  India's Growth To Outpace All Other G20 Economies For Next 2 Years: Moody's

  Moody's Investors Service on Friday affirmed India's rating at the lowest investment grade of 'Baa3', with a stable outlook, saying high growth will support a gradual increase in income levels.

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  Moody's Cuts Rating Outlook On 4 Adani Group Companies

  Moody's Investor Service on Friday revised downwards the rating outlook on four Adani Group companies to negative from stable after a significant and rapid decline in market value following a report by US-based short seller Hindenburg Research.

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  India's Fiscal Consolidation Trend Intact, To See Strong Revenues: Moody's

  Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said the trend of gradual fiscal consolidation remains intact for India and going forward the country will see strong revenue performance and debt stablisation.

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  RBI's Rate Hikes To Have Limited Impact On Indian Banks' Profits: Moody's

  The RBI's slew of rate hikes this year will help lift banks' net interest margins, but the increase will be limited as funding costs will rise faster than loan rates, Moody's Investors Service said.

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  India Remains Bright Spot For Car Sales This Year: Moody's

  Robust car sales during the ongoing festive season amid the easing of chip shortage will help the Indian automobile industry outshine its regional and global peers this year, Moody's Investor Service said on Thursday.

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  Ratings Agency Moody's Slashes Economic Growth Forecast To 7.7% For 2022

  Moody's Investors Service on Thursday slashed India's economic growth projection for 2022 to 7.7 per cent, saying that rising interest rates, uneven monsoon, and slowing global growth will dampen economic momentum on a sequential basis.

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  $12 Billion Bonanza For Centre From Windfall Tax On Crude Oil Firms

  The windfall taxes on domestic crude oil production and fuel exports will generate close to $12 billion (Rs 94,800 crore) for the government in the remainder of the current fiscal while trimming profits of firms such as Reliance Industries Ltd and ONGC, Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday.

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  Moody's Upgrades Credit Assessment Of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank

  Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the baseline credit assessments of ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, reflecting improvements in credit fundamentals, particularly asset quality.

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  Moody's Cuts India's Growth Estimate To 8.8% For 2022

  Moody's Investors Service on Thursday slashed India's economic growth projection to 8.8 per cent for 2022 from 9.1 per cent earlier, citing high inflation.

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  India's Inflation Could Worsen Due To Prolonged High Temperatures: Moody's

  Prolonged high temperatures are credit negative for India, as that could exacerbate inflation and hurt growth, Moody's Investors Service said

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  LIC's Mega IPO Credit Positive For India's Life Insurance Sector: Moody's

  Examining the impact of India's state-owned Life Insurance Corporation's IPO Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said that the public issue is credit positive for India's life insurance sector.

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  Russia "May Be Considered In Default" If...: Moody's Warns

  Moody's Investors Service said Thursday that Russia "may be considered in default" if it does not pay two bonds in US dollars by end of a grace period on May 4.

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  Moody's Upgrades India's Growth Forecast To 9.5% for 2022

  Moody's Investors Service on Thursday raised India's growth forecast to 9.5 per cent for the calendar year 2022