Dubai: Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Kuwait’s credit ratings to A+ from AA- with negative outlook.
“We forecast that Kuwait s central government deficits will average a substantial 17% of GDP annually over 2021-2024. Even so, the government has yet to enact a comprehensive strategy to augment its main source of budget deficit financing, the depleted General Reserve Fund (GRF), the rating agency said in a note.
S&P expects the authorities will adopt a debt law, or overcome parliamentary opposition and gain access to other available funding alternatives such as the Future Generations Fund. However, the prolonged and continued absence of a long-term funding strategy indicates credit risks more in line with our A rating category.
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