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Finance Ministry Hopeful Moody's Will Up Bulgaria's Rating [May 04, 2011] Moody's Investors Service is currently reviewing Bulgaria's credit rating and is likely to boost it, the credit agency says in a regular report cited by the Bulgarian Finance Ministry. Bulgaria currently has a Moody's credit rating of Baa3, the same as Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Latvia; on April 5, Moody's placed Bulgaria's Baa3 sovereign rating "on review for possible upgrade". The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

S&P Confirms Bulgaria's Credit Ratings [Dec 17, 2010] The agency has deemed the long-term credit rating outlook for the country as stable . The transfer and convertibility risk assessment (T&C assessment) rating remains an unchanged 'A'. [via YahooNews] More >>

Moody's Rates Bulgaria with Positive Outlook [Aug 27, 2010] Bulgaria is the only country in Europe and Middle Asia with a positive outlook of sovereign credit rating, Moody's rating agency has announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin: Balanced April Budget to Signal End of Crisis [Apr 28, 2010] Djankov continued by boasting that Bulgaria now has a higher credit rating than not only Greece but also than Portugal. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria May Get Credit Rating Upgrade, Moodys Says (Update1) [Apr 21, 2010] April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Moodys Investors Service said it may raise Bulgarias credit rating in 12 to 18 months, even after the government revised last years budget deficit to the widest shortfall in a decade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fitch Cuts Greece's Rating to Bulgaria's Grade [Apr 12, 2010] Fitch Ratings, one of the three biggest credit rating firms, has slashed its assessment of Greeces creditworthiness by two notches to the lowest investment grade BBB-, a downgrade that brings the country on a par with Bulgaria , Peru, Morocco and Namibia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Officially Snubs Fitch (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgaria's finance ministry has slammed as ?manipulation of the public opinion? Fitch Ratings agency forecast of lowering the country's credit rating to junk. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on Foreign Debt, Fitch Says (Update1) (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>