Sri Lanka’s US dollar bonds get final ‘B’ rating from Fitch
Thursday March 14, 2019
13:25
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has assigned a final rating of ‘B’ to the US dollar bonds issued by the Sri Lankan government on 7 March 2019.
The two bonds are a one billion dollar bond yielding 6.85 percent due in 2024 and a 1.4 billion bond at 7.85 percent due in 2029.
“The ratings are in line with Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘B’ with a Stable Outlook.,” a statement said.
“The ratings would be sensitive to any changes in Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR.
Fitch downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency IDRs to ‘B’ from ‘B+’, with a Stable Outlook, on 3 December 2018.
(COLOMBO, March 14, 2019-SB)