Rating the Transition Economies -- 2001 Apr 01

Standard & Poors, April 2001

Abstract
Standard & Poor's currently rates 14 post-Communist countries. It expects to assign new ratings to the debt of several other transition economies within the next couple of years. Eight of the 14 already-rated countries had investment-grade foreign currency sovereign credit ratings at the end of the first quarter of 2001, ranging from 'A' for Slovenia to 'BBB-' for Lithuania and Croatia. The remaining six countries fall into the noninvestment-grade category. Their foreign currency issuer credit ratings range from 'BB+' for the Slovak Republic to 'B-' for the Russian Federation and Romania (see table 1). The creditworthiness of the 14 rated transition economies has improved overall since the last survey, in May 2000. The ratings on three countries Hungary, Kazakhstan, and...

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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- 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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