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September 2005

Country risk Sep 2005

by Paul Pedzinski

Country risk index: Most countries have better access to capital than ever before and sovereign credit ratings have been on the rise for the past three years. But an increasingly tense geopolitical environment has led to marked decline in this year's country risk ratings. Research and analysis by Paul Pedzinski.




Political risks outweigh improving credit background

How the world got more risky
: 13 year review of country risk data


GLOBAL RANKING:

Country Risk - Overall 
               Methodology

REGIONAL RANKING:
Country Risk - Western Europe
Country Risk - North America
Country Risk - Middle East
Country Risk - Latin America
Country Risk - Eastern Europe
Country Risk - Caribbean
Country Risk - Australasia
Country Risk - Asia
Country Risk - Africa
             Methodology- Regional

THE LATEST COUNTRY risk survey carried out by Euromoney again indicated a slight downgrade in the assessment of overall risk levels, reflected in the total country risk score decreasing by 0.5% on the figures six months before and falling a sharp 3.8% on September 2004. This was despite a general trend in the past six months towards improved sovereign credit ratings from the main ratings agencies. However the analysts polled by Euromoney are...

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