The United States maintains a unique credit scoring framework. Other countries use different scoring systems, so you need to start fresh if you move internationally. The financial habits that help ...

Ten countries have perfect credit ratings from all three major credit rating firms, and 11 are ranked higher than the U.S. The U.S. lost its last perfect credit rating in May 2025 due to concerns ...

Sovereign Ratings, Probability of Default and Time to Default: Investopedia defines sovereign credit rating as, ‘independent evaluation of a country’s creditworthiness which help investors assess ...

S&P announced that its rating of France — Europe’s second-largest economy, behind Germany — was lowered one notch to AA+. The country now has the same credit rating as the U.S., which S&P ...

In this article, we are going to discuss the 12 countries with best Moody’s credit rating for sovereign bonds. You can skip our detailed analysis of the credit risk outlook and go directly to ...

You hear a lot about the credit scores of individual consumers and how that affects their borrowing power. But what you might not realize is that governments have credit ratings, too.

These 17 countries have the world's highest credit rating, AAA from both Moody's and Standard & Poor's, but the U.S. risks losing that high standing if lawmakers don't raise the debt ceiling.

S&P has had 15 eurozone countries on a "negative credit watch" for weeks, so the announcement Friday wasn't much of a surprise. Analysts, though, are concerned about possible ripple effects.

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to C++ (Marginal) from C+ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “b+” from “b-” of Co ...

For African countries, this opacity can be especially damaging. When rating decisions lack transparency, it’s impossible to challenge potential biases or inconsistencies in methodology that put ...

The United States maintains a unique credit scoring framework. Other countries use different scoring systems, so you need to start fresh if you move internationally. The financial habits that help ...

Understanding how your credit score works in the U.S. can be a challenge in its own right. But did you know other countries have their own ways of assessing your creditworthiness too? If you're ...