The influence of crises on development of credit rating of some specific countries and banks

The aim of this thesis is to generally characterize credit rating. In its analytical part it deals with credit rating development of some specific countries and banks. The aim is to analyse this credit rating development, to find out its causes and consequences and to point to the interconnection between the countries, the parent banks and their subsidiaries. The paper describes the demands placed on credit rating agencies, too, and governments' efforts to control their activities. The paper shows that the trustworthiness of the rating agencies was broken after the global financial crisis came. Since then are the rating agencies more careful and they are not afraid of decreasing the credit rating in countries with problems. During last four years came to the adjustment of credit rating downwards in many countries especially in EU.