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A Review of Rating the Transition Economies May 00
Standard & Poors, May 2000
Abstract
LONDON (Standard & Poor's CreditWire) May 17, 2000--Standard & Poor's rates 14 post-Communist countries. Since the last survey was published in May 1999, Standard & Poor's has added Mongolia to the list of its rated transition economies. Mongolia's long-term foreign and local currency issuer credit ratings of single-'B' with stable outlook were assigned in December 1999. Standard & Poor's expects to assign new issuer credit ratings to several other transition economies within the next couple of years. At the end of the first quarter of 2000, eight of the 14 rated countries had investment-grade long-term foreign currency issuer credit ratings, ranging from single-'A' for Slovenia to triple-'B'-minus for Lithuania and Croatia. The remaining six countries fall into the noninvestment-grade category....
Companies mentioned in this report are: Hungary,Czech Republic,Slovak Republic,Poland (Republic of),Romania,Slovenia (Republic of),Russian Federation,Kazakhstan (Republic of),Latvia (Republic of),Croatia (Republic of),Lithuania (Republic of),Estonia (Republic of),Bulgaria (Republic of),Mongolia
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