How OECD countries’ sovereign debt ratings evolved over decades

Sam Ro
Deputy Editor, Business Insider

For your reference, Deustche Bank’s Torsten Slok offers this table showing the evolution of sovereign debt ratings of OECD countries since 1970 up to the time the US, Austria, and France were stripped of their pristine AAA ratings.

150904-oecd sovereign debt BI chart

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Author: Sam Ro is a deputy editor at Business Insider.

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