Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Fitch lowers Ukraine from positive to stable

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WASHINGTON: Credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Ukraine’s long-term debt outlook from positive to stable on Friday due to tensions with Russia, while maintaining its rating at B. “Expectations of a more protracted period of heightened tensions with Russia, an increased downside risk of conflict, constrained financing conditions, moderate capital outflows and weakening international reserves, have … Read more

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices as economic crisis worsens

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka raised fuel prices on Tuesday and warned of possible petrol rationing with importers struggling to pay for oil, in a worsening economic crisis that has also sparked food shortages. The move comes just days after international ratings agency Fitch downgraded the country over fears of a sovereign default on its $26 billion foreign … Read more