 "credit, loan")
India's cash crunch is taking its toll on the health of companies and risks inflicting further financial damage, after the credit profile of local firms deteriorated at the fastest pace in six years.
There were two issuer rating downgrades for every upgrade in the first three months of 2019, the worst ratio for any first quarter since at least 2013, according to a Bloomberg News review of moves by three of the nation’s biggest credit raters: Care Ratings, ICRA and India Ratings & Research. Lower ratings force borrowers to pay more for money in debt markets.
The Reserve Bank of India on
