Fitch Retains France's A+ Rating but Lowers Outlook
"A weaker growth, a new deterioration in the fiscal situation and higher borrowing yields have increased the difficulty of carrying out the sustained fiscal consolidation needed to halt the trajectory of France’s debt…
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“Weaker growth, further fiscal deterioration and higher yields have increased the difficulty of carrying out the sustained fiscal consolidation necessary to halt the trajectory of France’s debt deterioration,” the agency wrote in a press release.
The rating agency Fitch Ratings maintained France's sovereign debt rating at A+ on Friday but downgraded the outlook from stable to negative, noting a “deterioration” in the budgetary situation and borrowing rates.
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- BFM Business30 Oct, 23:14
- Le Figaro30 Oct, 23:42
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