Little threat to Asia from U.S. subprime: Moody's
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The subprime mortgage debt crisis will have little impact on the U.S. or Asian economies because that loan market is relatively small and would not create a ripple effect, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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LONDON/SINGAPORE  - Three Asian banks' heavy exposure to the limping U.S. home loan sector reinforced global credit wobbles on Friday but Germany, France and Italy saw no signs of new problems.
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Stocks rose modestly Wednesday but concerns over Wall Streetâs bet on subprime loans have not gone away.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson  said on Tuesday that a weakened housing market will not have a  major impact on the U.S. financial sector, which he described  as quite healthy.
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Investors don't seem too perturbed by $10B in losses to fraud and subprime exposure.
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Stocks in Asia resumed their decline on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S. stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top economy will tip into a recession.
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Stocks were little changed on Wednesday after comments from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. kept worries about the mortgage market alive, but investors took the chance to snap up bargains after Tuesday's 2 percent market fall.
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE  - Asian stock markets were slammed on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S. subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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The US economy appears set for a soft landing, the OECD said Wednesday, but it warned that the troubled sub-prime mortgage sector still poses a major risk.
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The bank said it did not suffer any subprime-related losses in the fourth quarter of 2007, though the turbulent markets did affect overall profits.
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Troubles with subprime mortgages cast a shadow over the stock market last week as investors worried about a potential growth in losses on loans to risky borrowers. Still, stocks managed to eke out small gains.
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Ratings agency believes danger of exposure to U.S. mortgages is limited.
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Markets shrug off strong GDP, consumer price reports in light trading before the Christmas holiday. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Bonds edged lower Wednesday morning, erasing gains posted in the previous session, and
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Moody&#39;s Investors Service said Tuesday it has placed on review for possible downgrade the Philippines&#39; long-term foreign- and local currency ceilings and ratings due to concerns over the sustainability of the government&#39;s fiscal and debt
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U.S. Treasury debt yields held near  seven-month lows on Tuesday after a soft reading on U.S.  consumer sentiment added modestly to concerns about the  economy.
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Treasuries prices ticked lower in thin  trade on Friday as the latest U.S. economic data proved to be  not as poor as bond bulls were betting on.
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While the U.S. economy is at some risk of a slowdown, it will probably avoid a recession, and any downturn is unlikely to be severe, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on Thursday.