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Fitch confirms Spain’s rating at ‘A-‘, outlook Stable while Moody’s warns of “negative impact” of political deals

Bankinter| Fitch confirmed Spain’s rating last Friday, based on the diversification of the economy and institutions, backed by eurozone membership. The Stable outlook is based on the expectation that the new government will continue to implement policies in line with the Recovery and Resilience Plan. Despite this, it also cautions that “increasing political polarisation” and reliance on separatist support “could pose challenges”. The outlook for GDP growth of +2.3% in…



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Spanish debt challenges the agencies’s ‘implicit’ ratings

By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | The rating agencies never rest, much less when they talk about those countries suffering the most. Specifically, Fitch and S&P have been looking at Spain. The first has warned that it will probably downgrade Spain’s solvency rating by one or two notches by the end of January. According to Fitch, and even though its analysts admit the good will of the new government’s fiscal…