Strong internal combustion engine (ICE) businesses of European automakers support profitability and offset slowing demand for electric vehicles (EVs), although we still expect investments in longer term electrification to increase.

Overview of Fitch’s criteria for assigning recovery ratings and the notching effect to derive instrument-level ratings for corporate entities, including country-specific considerations.

Overview of Fitch’s approach to financial analysis in the corporate sector, including discussion of financial adjustments, rating case and key credit metrics.

Overview of Fitch’s corporate Sector Rating Navigators, who guide the application of the rating criteria on a sector-specific basis.

Overview of the six key rating drivers that Fitch considers when assigning issuer default ratings (IDRs) to corporate entities.

U.S. consumer spending was remarkably resilient in 2023, underpinned by robust job and income gains, strong household balance sheets and finances, slowing inflation, and improving consumer sentiment. However, spending should moderate in 2024.

Justin Patrie, Senior Director and Head of Fitch Wire, and Melissa Che, Senior Director, North America CMBS, explore the challenges facing U.S. commercial real estate in 2024, including refinancing issues, weakened fundamentals and more.

In collaboration with dv01, Fitch Ratings breathes life into presale reports, embedding interactivity for investors to seamlessly assess collateral through the dv01 web portal.

European incumbent telecom operators are benefiting from robust positions in their domestic markets and strong business diversification, affording them greater debt capacity. The RCA report this video is based on is part of a new peer review series.

Sustained revenue growth, stable profit margins and declining leverage are likely to keep the credit trends for Japan's top-100 listed non-financial companies (Fitch TSE100) healthy through 2024.