Moody’s Investors Service, one of the biggest and most respected ratings services on the planet, issued a statement last week after the Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates from zero to a quarter point (0.25%). Moody’s offered their opinion of how the interest rate increase will affect U.S. companies. Their conclusion? Companies with good credit quality will be able to absorb the higher interest rate no problem. But companies that are, shall we say, “credit challenged” will have a tougher time. Among those most credit challenged? Yep, the oil and gas sector…
