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Standard & Poor’s Raises Cyprus’ Credit Ratings to Investment Grade

September 16, 2018
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Standard & Poor’s upgraded Cyprus’ credit ratings to investment grade, after calling them “junk” for almost seven years. Late on Friday (September 14), they raised Cyprus’ sovereign credit ratings to `BBB-/A-3` from `BB+/B` with stable outlook.

S&P were one of the first credit rating agencies to downgrade Cyprus’ ratings to junk, in January 2012.

According to the Cyprus News Agency, the rating agency notes that Cypriot authorities have carved out the bad assets of the country`s second-largest bank, paving the way for a significant reduction in the banking sector`s nonperforming assets.

S&P further anticipate that strong economic growth through 2021, prudent policymaking, and only moderate state support to the banking system will allow the government to run budgetary surpluses and prompt a reduction in public debt.

They say they could consider raising the ratings on Cyprus over the next two years if the economy deleveraged significantly, or if the banking sector reduced its nonperforming exposures (NPEs) materially and its financial conditions improved.

The ratings could come under pressure if economic growth is significantly lower than the projections, endangering private debt service and further financial sector improvements, or if contrary to the expectations, the general government debt burden rises substantially, the credit rating agency adds.

S&P forecast that the Cypriot economy will continue to grow at a solid pace through 2021, enabling the government to alleviate its debt burden.

They note that the ratings on Cyprus are constrained by the economy`s high indebtedness reflected both in its public and private balance sheets, the still-high proportion of NPEs in the banking system, and Cyprus` small size relative to other eurozone member states.

The rating agency projects that the Cypriot economy will grow by 4% in 2018 and by 3% on average between 2019 and 2021. Real GDP growth by 4% in 2018, will allow a return to the economy’s 2011 pre-crisis size, it is added.

S&P also say that unemployment rate has been on a declining trend, falling from 16% in 2014 to 11% in 2017, then further to 9.5% in the first five months of 2018.

They also note that the Cypriot private sector balance sheet is among the most indebted in Europe, at about 240% of GDP at the end of 2017 and is likely to remain high over the medium term.

Finally, S&P note that talks around the reunification of Cyprus still appear to be at a standstill, while they do not anticipate in their base scenario an escalation of tensions between Turkey and Cyprus over offshore exploration in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

SOURCE: GOLD NEWS

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