Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘CCC+’. Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of ‘CCC+’ or below. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this Rating Action Commentary. Key Rating Drivers Ratings Affirmed: Sri Lanka’s ‘CCC+’ sovereign rating remains constrained by elevated general government indebtedness and a high interest-revenue ratio despite completion of the sovereign’s debt restructuring in 2024. Sustained adherence to a path of reforms is facilitating a solid economic recovery, low inflation, a substantial fiscal adjustment, and improvements in the external finance…
Fitch Affirms Sri Lanka at ‘CCC+’
Published in News
More from NewsMore posts in News »
- Restoration of Northern, Talaimannar railway lines begins
- Education reforms should suit the country, not the JVP: Namal
- Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at Pakistan wedding
- Four arrested over alleged Grand Pass shooting plot
- Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota Port eyes 2mn box capacity after 700-pct growth