1. Country Credit Ratings History. Fitch, the U.S.- based firm which provides detailed analysis and rat- ings of countries and companies maintains a historical time line of how the credit ratings of coun- tries have changed over time. Use the Fitch sover- eign ratings database to find the evolution of credit histories for the following emerging market coun- tries: Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. Fitch www.fitchratings.com/web_content/ ratings/sovereign_ratings_history.p