Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 27

05-July-2004

RATINGS

Capital Intelligence Affirms Lebanons Foreign Currency Ratings

Capital Intelligence (CI) announced on 22 June that it had affirmed Lebanon's long- and short-term foreign currency ratings at B, following similar announcements by rivals Standard & Poors Rating Service and Fitch Ratings a couple of weeks ago (MEES, 21 June). CI said that Lebanons outlook remained negative as government debt dynamics had yet to be brought under...