Your credit score is one of the most important factors lenders look at when you apply for a mortgage loan. Different types of loans have different minimum credit score requirements. Typically, the ...

What are credit ratings? Just like consumer credit scores, the credit ratings of countries assess their general creditworthiness, or how likely they are to meet their debt obligations.

Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland are the only countries with a perfect score from all three major credit rating companies.

Muscat: In a significant affirmation of the Sultanate of Oman’s financial resilience and progress, Moody’s Investors Service ...

Changes to the country’s credit rating can have a direct impact on how much interest consumers pay on household debt like mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

Manila: With a special visa for skilled foreigners and more tax incentives for businesses, the Philippines could grab an “A” credit rating before the decade is out, a leading legislator declared.

The United States government lost its last AAA credit rating Friday evening with Moody’s Ratings downgrading the country to its double-A category, citing in part rising debt burdens and high ...

Despite Friday's U.S. credit-rating downgrade, fiscal concerns are unlikely to drive markets for very long. Yes, investors are more worried about the federal government’s borrowing than usual ...

The massive downgrade in Israel's credit rating and long-term economic outlook should raise eyebrows, given the country’s rock-solid fundamentals. Israel has returned to its prewar status as one ...

It is becoming increasingly difficult to comprehend the reluctance on the part of rating agencies to upgrade India’s credit rating.

Only one double-A-rated country has ever defaulted. The Mediterranean island republic Cyprus is the sole country with a double-A credit rating that has defaulted since 1983, according to Moody’s ...

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