Large U.S. banks reporting 1Q22 earnings thus far have diverged in performance based on business models. Although profits were down across the board compared to the very strong ...
Confidence among small-business owners in the U.S. declined in March 2022 to the lowest level in nearly two years, when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the country, as high infl...
Fitch holds a neutral fundamental sector outlook for the U.S. P/C sector in 2022. U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers are poised to generate statutory underwriting profits and...
Fitch Ratings’ sector outlook for North American Chemicals is neutral. The Chemicals sector includes diversified, specialty and petrochemical segments. Overall market cond...
Numerous secular tailwinds are underway; these include growth in areas such as: (i) digital payments (cryptocurrencies, contactless, mobile payments), (ii) buy now, pay later, (...
Fitch Ratings anticipates continued pandemic recovery for the Media & Entertainment sector in 2022, although at a decelerating pace that will vary depending on structural diffic...
Factors that could affect the industry's trajectory include continuing supply chain constraints and capacity growth, regulatory scrutiny delaying M&A transactions, inflationary ...
Fitch's U.S. bank sector outlook for 2022 is neutral compared to 2021 (negative), reflecting its expectation that bank fundamentals will begin to normalize in 2022. Although the...
Under a comprehensive new draft supervisory guidance suggested by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a leading US banking regulator, large U.S. banks would be ...
Despite how bleak the legal market appeared in the early days of the global pandemic; it has shown to be quite resilient. Demand for legal services touched record year-over-year...