KINIBIZ Tiger remembers the days when Tiger was a young cub, stuck in the phase between man-eating monster and plush-toy cuteness, and desperate to pull herself out of it through any means. Tiger can’t remember if she had a conscience at the time.

Tiger was surprised to see that one of the issues to pop up from the Economic Transformation Programme briefing was that of the Fitch ratings. Of course, the Fitch ratings itself was not a surprise topic, seeing as it was related to the economy.

The surprise is that some of the blame for the revision of Malaysia’s sovereign credit rating from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ was placed on the shoulders of ‘the young guys’ at Fitch who were impatient to give a downgrade to any country that crossed their bloodthirsty path (rather like young cubs trying to prove themselves).

When one understands the way of this dog-eat-dog world, one does understand that things must be done to put one’s self ahead of others (understanding does not mean condoning). This may result in the jumping of the gun. Or the missing of a point.

NONE It seems that these young analysts at Fitch refused to listen to Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Siregar Abdullah’s ( right ) explanations for the economy and chose to push out a report before even the Budget came out. Ah, the rashness of youth. So many things can be laid at its doorstep.

But Tiger wonders if we are missing the point here. Yes, the Fitch revision was unasked-for. Yes, the gun was jumped. Were the points that the Fitch analysts brought up not relevant?

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This article was written by Samantha Joseph.