Poverty and Development Division
(PDD)

last updated : 27 April 2000

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 2000

PART TWO: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE V. REVIEW OF MECHANISMS Go to:
Survey 2000 contents


Table V.3. Ratings for three Asian countries during the crisis


Indonesia

Moody's

Standard & Poor's

Date Rating Change Date Rating Change

25/6/97 Baa3 - 25/6/97 BBB -
27/12/97 Ba1 -1 10/10/97 BBB- -1
9/1/98 B2 -5 31/12/97 BB+ -2
9/1/98 BB -3
27/1/98 B -6

Republic of Korea

Moody's

Fitch IBCA

Date Rating Change Date Rating Change

25/6/97 A1 - 25/6/97 AA- -
27/11/97 A3 -2 11/11/97 A+ -1
10/12/97 Baa2 -4 26/11/97 A -2
21/12/97 Ba1 -6 11/12/97 BBB- -6
23/12/97 B- -12

Thailand

Moody's

Standard & Poor's

Date Rating Change Date Rating Change

25/6/97 A3 - 25/6/97 A -
1/10/97 Baa1 -1 3/9/97 A- -1
27/11/97 Baa3 -3 24/10/97 BBB -3
21/12/97 Ba1 -4 8/1/98 BBB- -4


Source: "Credit ratings and the East Asian financial crisis", a presentation by Frank Packer at the Workshop on Economic Monitoring of Financial Systems in East and South-East Asia, organized by the ADB Institute and PECC Manila, 25-26 June 1998.

Note: Change is measured by the number of rating steps between the former and the new rating. A negative sign shows a downgrading.


| Publications | Projects | Calendar | PDD | ESCAP | UN Homepage |

Please contact the webmaster with questions or comments about this web site.
For any queries concerning the substantive content of the page, please contact PDD homepage.