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Downgrades to be felt across entire auto value chain

Ratings Ructions

By:  
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor
 
AUTO INDUSTRY
The effects of Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings having downgraded South Africa to junk status will wash “through the entire value chain of automotive production”, warns Frost & Sullivan Mobility Africa programme manager Craig Parker. The impact of the downgrade, leading to a weaker rand, among other effects, will be felt in a number of ways, he notes.
 
 
 
 
 

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