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S&P Downgrades Bahrain’s Credit Rating to ‘B’ amid Rising Debt Pressures
23 Nov 2025 03:13 GMT
… downgraded Bahrain’s sovereign credit rating to B, citing mounting … steadily due to repeated budget deficits and structural fiscal … driven largely by off-budget spending and elevated borrowing … warn that continued off-budget spending, public-sector wage …
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Moody’s Upgrades Italy’s Credit Rating for First Time Since 2002
22 Nov 2025 22:05 GMT
Sat 22 Nov 2025 | 11:16 PM
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In a landmark shift for Europe’s third-largest economy, Moody’s Ratings upgraded Italy’s sovereign credit score for the first time in more than two decades, delivering a decisive political and …
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S&P raises Kuwait’s sovereign credit rating to AA- with stable outlook
22 Nov 2025 13:26 GMT
… Ratings raised Kuwait’s sovereign credit rating from A+ to AA- … comprehensive medium- and long-term budget financing arrangements. The report … to developments in the general budget, low oil prices and … spending will lead to a budget deficit in the medium …
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S&P Upgrades Uzbekistan’s Sovereign Credit Rating to ‘BB’ with Stable Outlook
22 Nov 2025 09:37 GMT
… Uzbekistan’s long-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local … could be downgraded if the budget and current account deficits grow … , authorities expect to keep the budget deficit at around 3% of …
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Stafford County retains top credit rating ahead of $105 million school bond issuance
21 Nov 2025 03:12 GMT
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Officials note that strong credit ratings like AAA help reduce interest … following the right path in budget management and will be able …
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South Africa gets a credit rating upgrade
20 Nov 2025 21:05 GMT
… s first from a major credit ratings agency in more than … . The 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement underscores the government … years and narrowing the budget deficit over the Medium- … This week’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement highlighted the shift …
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DoF warns VAT rate cut could slash P1 trillion in revenue and risk credit rating downgrade
20 Nov 2025 19:47 GMT
… ;“The proposal will result in credit rating downgrades, which in turn increase … deficit projection of the Development Budget Coordination Committee would mean uncertainty … for revenue and cash programming, budget planning and investors’ decisions,” it …
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Moody’s Reaffirms Western Australia’s AAA Credit Rating
20 Nov 2025 11:11 GMT
… Western Australia’s AAA credit rating as the Cook Government’ … management, commenting that WA’s credit rating would be “sustained by … projected in the 202526 State Budget, and more than $13 … tripleA ratings from both major credit rating agencies, and one of …
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Liberals’ “Canada strong” class-war budget passed with NDP, union and Green Party complicity
22 Nov 2025 05:13 GMT
… could countenance voting for a budget that guts environmental regulation, expands … his expected bloviations, denouncing the budget as reckless and fiscally irresponsible … .
The Globe’s warnings about credit ratings, debt servicing costs and “generational …
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Illinois GOP warns Chicago budget could raise taxes and risk credit downgrade
21 Nov 2025 21:17 GMT
… defending his proposed 2026 budget, a plan estimated at … budget could exacerbate concerns on Wall Street after Chicago's credit rating … .
Ahead of the 2026 budget proposal, Chicago officials were … billion over the next budget cycle.
The Illinois Republican …