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S&P affirms Bahamas credit rating

US-based credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has affirmed The Bahamas’ sovereign credit rating, while continuing to ascribe a “stable” long-term outlook due to the new government’s “solid mandate to facilitate economic and debt stabilisation”. 

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Monday, December 18, 2017
Monday, December 18, 2017

NEW YORK (Nation News) – The US-based credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), has affirmed The Bahamas’ sovereign credit rating while continuing to ascribe a “stable” long-term outlook to the Caribbean country due to the new government’s “solid mandate to facilitate economic and debt stabilization”.

In its statement, S&P gave the Bahamas’ sovereign credit rating as BB+/B, saying it reflects its expectation of robust political institutions to “anchor fiscal consolidation” and higher, although still low, economic growth over the next one to two years — another positive sign for the Bahamas as it avoided blacklisting from the European Union.’


But the rating agency warned that it could lower its rating over the next two years if public finances do not improve as quickly as expected, which could result from stagnant economic growth, external shocks or “weakened political commitment.

“The lack of confidence that this may generate could push debt costs higher, leading to a downgrade. Conversely, we could raise the rating over the same timeframe if the government reduces the annual increase in general government debt beyond our expectations. This, combined with significantly higher economic growth forecasts, could lead to an upgrade.”true

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In its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean notes that the economic growth of The Bahamas hit 1.2 per cent in 2017, as compared to 0.2 per cent the previous year. Read the full review here.

The government of The Bahamas has undertaken a programme of long-term economic growth in order to reduce unemployment and to move the country’s economy along a path of “more dynamic and sustainable growth,” Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said recently.

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