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Country Debt/GDP Ratio Not Necessarily a Consideration in Credit Ratings
The surge in the Debt/GDP ratio of the US and other countries hasn’t yet impacted their ability to borrow as countries with ratios of 40% to 118% all seem to get comparable assessments from the three major credit rating firms as shown by the following table.
Table 1: Sovereign Debt/GDP vs. Credit Ratings
The surge in the Debt/GDP ratio of the US and other countries hasn’t yet impacted their ability to borrow as countries with ratios of 40% to 118% all seem to get comparable assessments from the three major credit rating firms as shown by the following table.
Table 1: Sovereign Debt/GDP vs. Credit Ratings
