VOL. XLIII

No. 14

3-April-2000

OPEC

Moodys Assesses Impact Of Higher Oil Prices On Prospective Ratings

Whether increased revenues from higher oil prices will prompt international ratings agencies to revise upwards ratings of the oil producing countries in the Gulf has been a subject of widespread conjecture over recent months. While oil prices have fallen from the heights registered earlier this year, and are expected to fall further following last weeks OPEC agreement (see page A1), most oil...