{"id":16185,"date":"2023-09-18T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/?p=16185"},"modified":"2023-09-18T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:36:40","slug":"us-credit-downgrade-implications-for-indian-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/us-credit-downgrade-implications-for-indian-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"US Credit Downgrade: Implications for Indian Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US always pays its debts &#8211; this popular belief has come to question lately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitch Ratings, one of the important credit rating agencies alongside Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s &amp; Moody\u2019s, downgraded the US\u2019s credit rating to AA+ from AAA on August 1, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we understand why the US was downgraded and what it means to Indian equity investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16201\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550-300x252.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550-1024x861.png 1024w, https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550-768x645.png 768w, https:\/\/zerodha.com\/varsity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Group-550.png 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why the downgrade?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First things first \u2013 When a company or a government gets a credit rating, it predicts the likelihood of debt repayment by them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rating downgrade signals that the finances have worsened, and lending to that company or the government has become riskier. When the US\u2019s sovereign rating was downgraded from the highest credit rating of \u2018AAA\u2019 to \u2018AA+\u2019, which is one notch lower, it implies the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like companies seeking funding for their operations and expansions, governments borrow, too, for several reasons, including spending on public projects and providing financial assistance to individuals and businesses to boost economic activity and create jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, the United States has accumulated a significant amount of debt. It also breached the ceiling limits set for itself to avoid any defaults. So, they reached a point where they had to make fresh borrowing to finance previous borrowings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 1st August 2023, Fitch Ratings downgraded the country\u2019s ratings citing that the US government&#8217;s fiscal deficit (managing expenses &amp; income) is deteriorating with growing debt and governance issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this announcement, many US officials and public policy commentators criticized Fitch\u2019s decision saying that it did not make sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever is said and done, the downgrade happened. The US will now rank below a few high credit-rated countries &#8211; Germany, Singapore, and Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, note that this rating is not permanent. If the rating agency believes in the future that the US\u2019s finances have improved, they could upgrade to AAA again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Consequences<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The downgrade signals that lending to the US government has become riskier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should increase their borrowing cost as investors want to get compensated for higher risk. This must theoretically reflect in the upward movement of yields on government securities (also known as US Treasuries).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the yields go up, bond prices fall; there is an inverse relationship between yields and bond prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As US treasury rates are the benchmark to other lending rates, the interest rates in the economy are expected to go up as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of higher interest rates, stocks could tumble. Why? Because bonds could become attractive compared to equities. Further, companies\u2019 profitability could also come down due to higher interest costs. There could also be slow down in the fresh investments by corporates, which could eventually result in a weaker economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, this is all what the theory says. To what extent it plays out depends on many other factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, since August 1, 2023, when the downgrade happened, the 10-year US treasury yields went up from 4.03% to 4.25% (as on September 15, 2023). On the other hand, the S&amp;P 500 index, the most commonly followed index in the US, was down by 1.5%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the way, remember, the fall in bond prices and stocks as mentioned above, may not be necessarily due to the downgrade. It could be due to other factors as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Impact on the Indian stock market<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They say, \u201cwhen the US sneezes, the world catches a cold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, the first thing you notice after any disturbance or disruption in the US or anywhere in the world is foreign outflows from emerging markets, including India. This increases market volatility in the short term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the US economy becomes weak, the Indian export market could also be affected which will result in profitability of India Inc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this downgrade doesn\u2019t seem to be so serious. Here is one of the top voices in the economics and fund management space in the US- Mohamed El-Erian, President at Queens&#8217;\u200b College, Cambridge said on LinkedIn, \u201cthis announcement is much more likely to be dismissed than have a lasting disruptive impact on the US economy and markets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global markets are interconnected and understanding how events abroad impacts India is important. But this is not the only factor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian markets have been on sideways for about a month after the downgrade, but seems to have gained traction after that (yet to see if there are any long-term implications).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of now, Moody\u2019s is the only agency that maintains a AAA rating. If you wonder about India\u2019s rating, it has Baa3\/BBB- rating, just a notch above junk status. The Indian Government has been pitching for a rating upgrade for sometime now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyways, in the face of such uncertainty and volatility in the stock market, staying long-term in the market is considered a good strategy for most investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all, both Indian and US markets and economies have come a long way since the US\u2019s first downgrade in 2011 by S&amp;P. Equity has been a proven asset class to deliver inflation-beating returns in the long-run.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US always pays its debts &#8211; this popular belief has come to question lately. 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