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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Standard & Poor’s unimpressed with Barbados’ finances

14-Nov-09

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s continued its focus on the Caribbean with a note on Barbados’ public finances. Below in full, highlighting mine: Barbados Outlook Revised To Negative On Deteriorating Public Finances; ‘BBB’ And ‘A-3′ Foreign Currency Ratings Affirmed – We believe the timeliness and magnitude of Barbados’ fiscal consolidation is uncertain because of a [...]

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Agreement with IMF essential for Jamaica, Moody’s says

09-Nov-09

Verbatim from rating agency Moody’s on Jamaica, highlighting mine: The IMF, which has been negotiating the terms of a $1.2 billion stand-by facility with Jamaica for several months, said on Friday after fund officials spent several days in Kingston, that discussions would continue in Washington next week. The focus, said the IMF, is “on how [...]

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Another blow for Jamaica from S&P

04-Nov-09

Hot on the heels of the decision by Standard & Poor’s to slash Jamaica’s sovereign rating comes this announcement from the rating agency: S&P: National Commercial Bank Jamaica Counterparty Credit Rating Lowered To ‘CCC’; Survivability Assessment Lowered To ‘B’ * On Nov. 2, 2009, we lowered the long-term sovereign rating on Jamaica to ‘CCC’ from [...]

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