Moodys said that the Baa3 local and foreign currency bond ratings reflect the islands medium economic strength, high institutional strength, low government financial strength, and medium susceptibility to event risk. Moody’s opinion on Barbados’ credit rating remains unchanged since June 2011. Barbados’ ratings have a negative outlook. The negative outlook reflects Moody’s view that even [...]
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