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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco at ‘BBB-‘ rating and revised the Outlook on country’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to negative. The global rating agency explained the negative outlook by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Moroccan economy which will experience the sharpest GDP contraction in 25 years, besides a marked increase […]
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco’s long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, praising the country’s macroeconomic stability, its comfortable external buffers and low share of foreign-currency debt in public debt. The credit rating agency projects Morocco’s deficit at 3.7 pc of GDP in 2019 and 3.5 pc in 2020, saying […]
Fitch Ratings gave Morocco ‘BBB-‘ rating with a stable outlook due to the country’s macroeconomic stability, comfortable external buffers and a low share of foreign-currency debt in public debt. The Moroccan government has prioritized social policies in the 2019 budget, said Fitch in a press release, noting that the country is planning an overhaul of […]