A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including news that Moody's might downgrade a number of leading financial institutions
Morgan Stanley, UBS might be cut by Moody’s
UBS, Credit Suisse Group and Morgan Stanley’s credit ratings might be cut by as many as three levels by Moody’s.
Société Générale has reported a near 90% drop in fourth-quarter profits, after losses at its investment bank and writedowns on Greek sovereign bond holdings.
China's 2012 plan might target growth below 8%, state economist Fan predicts
China might set its lowest annual growth target in eight years, according to Fan Jianping, chief economist at the government-run State Information Centre.
The Bank of England has slightly increased its forecast for inflation in two years’ time, but markets continued to bet that the Bank was poised to engage in further quantitative easing.
