Bulgaria

Just after midnight on November 10, ratings agency Fitch downgraded its sovereign ratings for Bulgaria ('BBB-'), Hungary ('BBB'), Kazakhstan ('BBB-') and Romania ('BB+'), while... 2008-11-10

On the back of the EUR20bn IMF-led bail-out package for Hungary, announced on October 28, the European Union has significantly stepped up its level of support for member-states... 2008-10-29

There are major lessons to be learnt from the most recent developments in the collapse of the Icelandic banking system for states across emerging Europe, and indeed emerging markets.... 2008-10-09

BMI View: While we continue to believe in the potential for long-term convergence in Bulgarian asset valuations with those of Western Europe, a bubble could well be about to burst... 2008-08-05

The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing... 2008-07-17

Foreign direct investment flows to Bulgaria have been less impressive over the first four months of 2008, potentially confirming our view that there will be a deterioration in investment... 2008-07-11

We believe that although the risks to the continuity of Bulgaria's fixed exchange rate regime have elevated recently, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) is likely to maintain the lev's... 2008-07-03

Global equity markets continue to look weak, with the CEE region being no exception. We have already laid out our guarded stance on the Polish WIG-20, Czech PX and Hungarian BUX indices,... 2008-01-15

Many of BMI 's short-term negative views on equity markets across the emerging Europe region are playing out, as investor sentiment continues to be weighed by global credit volatility.... 2007-12-19

BMI View: Long term, we believe that the external debt fundamentals of emerging Europe will continue to improve. Growth rates, although declining from 2007's highs, will be fair,... 2007-12-10