Sovereign downgrade fails to move markets

Headline: Sovereign downgrade fails to move marketsSource: EuromoneyDate: September 2001Author: Kala Rao         Yashwant Sinha When international rating agencies announced a negative outlook on India’s sovereign rating in early August, the equity and bond markets barely reacted. That was not because they disagreed with the assessment but because the rating actions confirmed […]

Headline: Sovereign downgrade fails to move markets
Source: Euromoney
Date: September 2001
Author: Kala Rao

       
Yashwant Sinha
When international rating agencies announced a negative outlook on India’s sovereign rating in early August, the equity and bond markets barely reacted.

That was not because they disagreed with the assessment but because the rating actions confirmed what the market already knew. Sunil Gulati, head of investment banking at ING Barings, says: “Second-generation reforms have simply not taken off.”

An economist at a large US investment bank adds: “The market [index] is down from 6000 to 3300; that’s a verdict on economic reforms.”








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