Morocco Cut to Junk by S&P

Pedestrians wearing protective masks pass through a street in Rabat.

Photographer: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images

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S&P cut Morocco’s long-term foreign and local currency ratings by one level to BB+ from BBB-, citing the country’s economic contraction and growing budget deficit.

The new rating has a stable outlook. S&P previously had a negative outlook on Morocco’s rating.