Sovereign Credit Today | An update on France
An update on France (Aa3 negative) in light of rising borrowing costs and social and political tensions
Discussion points:
- What has changed since Moody’s assigned a negative outlook on France’s Aa3 rating? What are we watching to resolve the outlook?
- How do social protests and civil unrest influence the credit profile and the 2027 budget process?
- How do sharply higher borrowing costs affect France’s credit profile?
Speakers
Kathrin Muehlbronner
Senior Vice President, Global MDB Lead, Sovereign Risk
Moody's Ratings
Petter Bryman
Vice President, Sovereign Risk
Moody's Ratings
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Kathrin joined Moody’s Ratings in April 2010 as a member of the Sovereign Risk Group. She is the lead analyst for a number of European sovereigns including Turkey and Israel as well as several MDBs such as the IFC, EBRD and AIIB among others. She is also Moody’s global coordinator for all of Moody’s MDB ratings.
Prior to joining Moody’s Kathrin was a Director with Merrill Lynch, working as Sovereign Ratings Advisor to governments and banks in emerging markets. Prior to that, she was Chief Economist for Deutsche Bank in Spain.
She holds a M.Sc. in Economics, Latin American Politics, Spanish and Portuguese languages from the University of Tuebingen as well as a post-graduate economics degree from the College of Europe, Bruges.
Petter Bryman is a Vice President with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group, based in Frankfurt. He is the lead analyst for a number of European sovereigns, mainly in the Baltics and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Moody’s in February 2018, Petter served as a Desk Officer with the Budget Department of the Swedish Ministry of Finance for seven years, where he functioned as the lead analyst for fiscal policy across a number of different policy areas, including the public pensions system, social insurance, migration and integration policy as well as EU budget policy. Petter also previously worked on EU and international affairs at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications as well as a political advisor at the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg. Petter holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and a Master in Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.