Showing posts with label Baa2 rating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baa2 rating. Show all posts

21 June 2011

BRASIL: Moody's Lifts Credit Rating...To Baa2...Equaling India's.

M.PRESS

Moody's has pronounced Brasil's debt as sound as India's...and raised Brasil's credit rating one notch... to Baa2...an investment grade level.

The central bank has raised interest rates 5 times so far this year...currently at 12.25%...to curb credit growth.

The economy grew by 7.5% last year.

Brasil's banks project double digit increases in credit growth this year...despite average interest rates of 39%.