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8 of 14 Transition Economies Now Rated Investment Grade, More to Follow Apr 01
Standard & Poors, April 2001
Abstract
NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's CreditWire) April 23, 2001--Eight of the 14 post-Communist countries rated by Standard & Poor's have achieved investment-grade foreign currency sovereign credit ratings and more are sure to follow, says a recently published criteria article entitled, 'Rating the Transition Economies-2001.' The article, available at www.standardandpoors.com under Resource Center-Criteria-Sovereigns and on RatingsDirect, Standard & Poor's Web-based credit analysis system, will also be featured in the May 9, 2000, edition of Standard & Poor's CreditWeek. Standard & Poor's finds that the creditworthiness of the 14 rated transition economies- Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, the Slovak Republic, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Russian Federation-has improved overall since its last survey, in May 2000....
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
Action: S&P Event
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Research type: News
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