VOL. XLII

No. 38

20-September-1999

QATAR

S&P Affirms Ratings On Qatar: Outlook Stable

Standard & Poor痴 (S&P) affirmed its BBB long-termand A-3 short-term foreign currency issuer credit and senior unsecured debtratings on Qatar on 13 September. The agency also affirmed the BBB+ long-termand A-2 short-term local currency issuer credit ratings and said the outlookfor Qatar is stable. S&P said the ratings are supported by Qatar痴 provengas reserves and its expanded capacity to export...