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South Africa: Economy Dodges Bullet As Ratings Agency Confirms Investment Grade
allAfrica, 3 June 2016
South Africans breathed a sigh of relief late on Friday when a major ratings agency affirmed its current assessment of South Africa's creditworthiness. Read more »
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South Africa: Government Welcomes Rating Agency Decision
SAnews.gov.za, 9 June 2016
Government has welcomed rating agency Fitch Ratings' decision to affirm South Africa's long term foreign and local currency debt at 'BBB-' and 'BBB' respectively, saying the… Read more »
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Africa: IFP Welcomes the Affirmation By Standard & Poor's of South Africa's Investment Grade Rating
IFP, 3 June 2016
"The IFP welcomes the affirmation by Standard & Poor's of South Africa's investment grade rating. It is certainly a measure of relief, but we wish to state that we are not out… Read more »
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South Africa: Standard and Poor's to Decide On SA's Rating
SAnews.gov.za, 3 June 2016
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's will today make its decision public on South Africa's credit rating. Read more »
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South Africa: Singing Kumbaya to Avoid a Ratings Downgrade? No, Mr President.
Daily Maverick, 31 May 2016
To get to the bottom of a political issue in South Africa is becoming harder and harder. Facts are elusive, spin is everywhere, dire prognostications abound. Nowhere is this truer… Read more »
South African Economy Dodges Bullet From Ratings Agency
In the lead-up to S&P Global Ratings' announcement, there had been widespread fears of a downgrade which would have reduced the country's ratings to junk status.
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Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has said that the decision by Moody's to retain South Africa's credit rating came with the condition that the economy was expected to improve ... Read more »
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Moody's Investors Service has made a surprise decision to downgrade South Africa's government bond rating by one notch, citing inter alia "a decline in the government's ... Read more »
