El Salvador Credit Rating Cut to BB- by Fitch on Fiscal Deficit

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El Salvador’s credit rating was lowered one level by Fitch Ratings, citing a debt ratio that is higher than that for peers.

Fitch cut El Salvador’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to BB-, three steps below investment grade, from BB. The outlook is still negative. The new ranking matches Serbia, Nigeria and Bolivia.