Economics

Bulgaria’s Credit Rating Raised by S&P on Fiscal Performance

  • Balkan nation upgraded to BBB -- same as Hungary, Indonesia
  • Government seeking to join ERM-2, EU’s banking union by April
Photographer: Evgeniy Maloletka/Bloomberg
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Bulgaria was handed a credit upgrade by S&P Global Ratings, which cited the Balkan country’s strong fiscal performance and the likelihood of it cementing its path to adopt the euro.