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Fitch Ratings upgrades Iceland to ‘A’; outlook is stable

NOTE: This article is from 08. December 2017 and is therefore more than 5 years old.

Fitch Ratings announced today that it had upgraded Iceland‘s long-term foreign and local-currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘A’ from ‘A-’. The ratings outlook is stable.

The main rating drivers are economic stability, reduced external vulnerability and improvements in government debt ratios, supported by robust growth.