Friday, April 15, 2011

Country Risk and Economic Research–COFACE

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Country Risk and Economic Research



There are three categories of economic studies :

Country risks

Consult the evolutions of Coface country ratings (re-examined each quarter), Country analysis and forecasts prepared by the Economic Research and Country Risk Department of Coface and methodology of Country Rating.
The Coface country rating aims at evaluating the average credit risk of companies in a given country. The rating is based on economic, financial and political data. But it also takes into account Coface experience on the country, under two dimensions: Coface’s payment experience on the companies of the country and also its assessment of the Business climate.

Country Risk

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Sectors

In this section, you can find the evolutions of the sector ratings (reviewed twice a year), and the studies on sectors prepared by the Economic Research and Country Risk Department of Coface. Methodology of Sector Rating is also available.
The sector rating aims at evaluating the credit risk of corporate of a given sector. It uses Macroeconomic data and forecasts of the given sector, the payment experience registered by Coface on the companies of this sector and an assessment of the financial situation of the companies given by the Coface rating of the companies belonging to the rated sector.

Sectors

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Business Climate

Consult the evolutions of Coface Business Climate rating and its methodology.
The Business climate rating assessed by Coface aims at measuring the quality of the private governance in a given country and more specifically the financial transparency of companies and the efficiency of the court system for settling debt issues. It is bases on a survey filled by all Coface entities in the world and completed by business environment rating prepared by international organisations.

Business climate

Country Risk and Economic Research

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